| LC control no. | no2020107286 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Baworowski, Wiktor, 1826-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Wiktor z Bawarowa, 1826-1894 Baworowski, Wikt., 1826-1894 W. z B., 1826-1894 W. z Baworowa, 1826-1894 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Biblioteka Fundacyi W. hr. Baworowskiego |
| Biography/History note | Wiktor Baworowski (1826-1894) was a bibliophile, patron of science, poet, translator, and land owner. He wrote under the literary pseudonym Wiktor z Baworowa, translating Byron's romantic works. He was well-educated first on his family estates and then in L'viv, and he briefly entered state service but left to govern family estates. He was a corresponding member of the Towarzystwa Naukowego Krakowskiego (Krakow Scientific Society) and founder of the Biblioteka Fundacyi W. hr. Baworowskiego, a large private library in L'viv. |
| Associated country | Ukraine |
| Birth date | 1826 |
| Death date | 1894-12-03 |
| Place of birth | Koltov (Ukraine) |
| Place of death | Lʹviv (Ukraine) |
| Field of activity | Collectors and Collecting |
| Affiliation | Biblioteka Fundacyi W. Hr. Baworowskiego |
| Profession or occupation | Translators Poets |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Found in | VIAF (online), viewed on September 14, 2020 (Baworowski, Wiktor, 1826-1894; variants = Wiktor z Bawarowa; Baworowski, Wikt.; W. z B.) <https://viaf.org/viaf/165752503> Wikipedia (online), viewed on September 14, 2020 Wiktor Baworowski (his literary pseudonym was Wiktor z Baworowa; born 1825 or 1826 in Koltow, died on December 3, 1894 in L'viv; bibliophile, patron of science, poet, founder of the Baworowski library in L'viv; translator of Byron's romantic works and Hugo; well-educated first on his family estates (in French, German, and English), then in L'viv after his parents' deaths; studied Polish language and works; graduated from the Uniwersytetu Franciszkańskiego we Lwowie; entered state service but left to govern family estates; a member of the Towarzystwa Naukowego Krakowskiego (Krakow Scientific Society); he committed suicide, perhaps because of the threat of blindness) <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Baworowski> |
| Associated language | pol fre ger eng |
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