Leon Sternbach ( Polish: Leon Sternbach ; July 2, 1864 , Drohobych (now Lviv region of Ukraine - February 20, 1940 , Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) - Polish scholar, classical philologist , first Byzantine scholar in Poland, teacher, professor of the Jagiellonian University , member of the Polish Academy of Knowledge .
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| Date of Birth | July 2, 1864 |
| Place of Birth | Drohobych , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | February 20, 1940 (75 years old) |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Third Reich |
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| Scientific field | Classical Philology |
| Place of work | Jagiellonian University |
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology, University of Leipzig, University of Vienna |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| Known as | classical philologist , the first Byzantine in Poland |
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Biography
He was born in a wealthy large Jewish family of a bank employee. He received an excellent education at the universities of Dresden , Leipzig and Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1885. In 1889 he underwent a rehabilitation procedure at Lviv University , after which he was accepted as an assistant professor at the III Department of Classical Philology of the Jagiellonian University. Since 1892 - professor, head of the department of classical philology. In 1904-1905 he served as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, in 1918 he received an honorary doctorate - honoris causa , in 1935 he retired, receiving the title of Honorary Professor .
In 1894, he became a corresponding member, and in 1902, a full member of the Polish Academy of Knowledge in Krakow (later the Polish Academy of Sciences ), in which since 1933 he was director of Division I.
Since 1927 - Chairman of the Philological Commission, was also a member of the Oriental Studies Commission. He was also a member of a number of scientific societies: the Lviv Scientific Society, the Prague Academy of Knowledge, the Austrian Archaeological Institute, the Society for the Promotion of the Culture and Language of Ancient Greece ( Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies ) in London.
He was among the organizers of the Research Center for Classical Philology that existed in pre-war Poland.
He presented his rich collection of books to the Jagiellonian Library , along with library cabinets, photographs, and scientific notes.
In November 1939, the 75-year-old professor Sternbach, together with a group of Krakow scientists, was arrested by the Nazis as part of Operation Sonderaktion Krakau . On February 20, 1940, he was killed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp by camp guard Gustav Sorge .
His nephew, Leo Henrik Sternbach (1908-2005), is an American chemist and pharmacologist who discovered benzodiazepines .
Scientific activity
Leon Sternbach was engaged in research in the field of nomological literature, pathology , paremiology and the ancient Greek language. Professor Sternbach was also engaged in the study of Polish literature.
He prepared and published critical editions of many works of ancient authors, including Mikhail Psell , Menander and Aesop .
Selected Papers
The author of a number of scientific works, among which:
- Analecta Photiana (1893)
- Dilucidationes Aesopiae (1894)
- Fabularum Aesopiarum sylloge (1894)
- De Georgii Pisidae fragmentiis a Suida servatis (1899)
- Observationes in Georgii Pisidae carmina historica. Appendix metrica (1900)
- De cornicula Horatiana (1935)
- Quaestiones paroemiographicae (1936)
- Uwagi paremiograficzne do pism Mikołaja Reja (1937)
Teaching activities
He brought up a number of famous Polish scientists, among which, in particular, T. Ler-Splavinsky .
Rewards
- Commander Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Golden Cross Merit
Memory
- In honor of the scientist in the pre-war hometown of Drogobych, a private Jewish gymnasium was named after him.
Literature
- Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak, Sternbach Leon, w: Jerzy Starnawski (red.), Słownik badaczy literatury polskiej, t. V, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, ISBN 83-7171-533-1 , Łódź 2002, s. 283-285.
Links
- Portret Leona Sternbacha, 1904 (Polish)