Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński
Noble person
1748 – 1826
Who was Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński?
Count Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński was a Polish noble, politician, writer, researcher of literature, and founder of the Ossoliński Institute.
Józef was member of many learned institutions, such as the Society of Friends of Science, Warsaw Scientific Society, the Wilno Academy, the Kraków Academy, the Royal Societies in Prague and Göttingen, the Imperial-Royal Society in Vienna, and a doctor honoris causa of the Jagiellonian University. One of the first Polish politicians in Galicia. He became prefect of the court library in 1793 in Vienna. In 1817 he donated all of his archives, valuable collections of books, manuscripts and museum pieces to "the Polish nation" and founded the "Ossolineum" Institute in Lwów.
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- Born
- 1748
Wola Mielecka - Also known as
- Jozef Maksymilian Ossolinski
- Nationality
- Poland
- Austria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Lviv
- Died
- Mar 17, 1826
Vienna
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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