Aleksander Hirschberg (1847–1907) was a Polish historian.

Aleksander Hirszberg (1847 -1907)

He was born at Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) on 15 December 1847, and studied at the University there. From 1872 to 1875 he worked as a secondary school teacher. From 1875 he was a Privatdozent at the University, and from 1878 he worked in the library of the Ossolineum.[1]

In 1881 Hirschberg founded, with Jan Amborski and others, the Towarzystwo Oświaty Ludowej (People's Education Society), of which he was the chair from 1882 to 1901. He was made a Professor of the University of Lemberg in 1905.[1]

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  • Biogramy uczonych polskich, Część I: Nauki społeczne, zeszyt 1: A-J, Wrocław 1983

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  1. ^ a b Dokumentation, Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische (2003). "Hirschberg, Aleksander". ISBN 978-3-7001-3213-4 (in German).