Lwów Scientific Society ( Polish : Towarzystwo Naukowe we Lwowie ) was a Polish learned society founded in 1901 in Lwów by Oswald Balzer as the Association of Support of Polish Sciences . In 1920, the name was changed into Lwów Scientific Society , and after World War II, when the city of Lwów was annexed by the Soviet Union, the Society was moved to Wrocław , where it exists under the name Wrocław Scientific Society .
4-448: The Society was the most important of the scientific organizations of Lwów. Its purpose was development and progress of sciences in all areas of human knowledge. It was divided into three departments: Also, there was a section of history of arts and culture. Every year in June, a general meeting was called in which the director and secretary general made a report on Society's activities. It
8-599: The Society for the Support of Polish Science in Lwów ( Towarzystwo dla Popierania Nauki Polskiej we Lwowie ), the first such society in the city, later to be renamed to Lwow Scientific Society (1920). Among the fields of his studies were the history of Polish statehood and Poland's historical law, as well as the early history of Slavic states. He was buried in the Łyczakowski Cemetery . This biographical article about
12-686: Was a Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his times. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Lwów . Between 1895 and 1896 he also briefly served as its rector . Since 1891 until his death he was also the director of City Archives in Lwów . His best work is Genealogia Piastów (1895). In 1888 he was offered a seat in the Polish Academy of Skills , as well as several other scientific societies, both in Poland and abroad. In 1901 he founded
16-730: Was financed by the Polish government as well as its own foundation and private donors. Members of the Society were divided into active and adopted, most of them were professors of Lwów's colleges. In 1927, the Society was directed by Oswald Balzer , and the deputy was Władysław Abraham . Among members of the Society were such renowned names as Jan Baudouin de Courtenay , Aleksander Brückner , Stefan Banach , Henryk Arctowski , Leopold Caro , Benedykt Dybowski , Hugo Steinhaus and Rudolf Weigl . Oswald Balzer Oswald Marian Balzer (23 January 1858 in Chodorów – 11 January 1933 in Lwów )
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