Karol Estreicher (senior)

Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher (22 November 1827 in Kraków – 30 September 1908 in Kraków) was a Polish bibliographer and librarian who was a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning.^[1] While he is known as the "father of Polish bibliography",^[2] he is also considered the founder of the bibliographical method in literary research.^[3] His "monumental work",^[3] Bibliografia Polska is called the "most outstanding bibliography of Polish books, and probably one of the most famous bibliographies in the world".^[4]

Karol Estreicher (c.1904)

Estreicher was the son of Alojzy Rafał Estreicher, a natural history professor at the Jagiellonian University. After completing university studies in philosophy and law, he worked in the judiciary in Kraków and Lviv, where bibliography became his passion.^[1] Margrave Aleksander Wielopolski appointed him in 1862 as under-librarian and assistant professor of Bibliography at the Szkoła Główna Warszawska where he presented Bibliography for the first time as a standalone discipline.^[1] In 1868 he returned to Kraków and became director of the Jagiellonian Library where during a 37-year tenure he modernized and tripled its collection.^[1][3]

He was also an author, historian, literary critic, journalist, and theater critic.^[1]

Works or publications

• "Bibliografia polska. Wyd. Tow. Naukowego Krakowskiego". Bibliografia Polska: Wydanie Towarzystwa Naukowego Krakowskieg (in Polish). Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. 1870. OCLC 577286474. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

• Bibliografia Polska XIX stulecia: lata 1881–1900. Bibliografia polska 19. Stulecia (in Polish). Kraków: Nakładem Spółki Księgarzy Polskich. 1906–1916. OCLC 609911661 http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001763723. Retrieved 6 November 2013. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)