Khlebovsky, Bronislav

He was the son of a famous doctor Jan Khlebovsky. In 1863 he graduated from the Warsaw real gymnasium and in the same year took part in the anti-Russian Polish uprising. In the same year he studied at a preparatory school in Warsaw. In 1864-1868 he studied Polish language and history at the Warsaw Main School, specializing in the history of the 17th century. From 1868 to 1909 he worked as a teacher of Polish language, the history of literature and culture in the 2nd woman of the Warsaw gymnasium, administered by Jadwiga Sikorska. Since 1872 he collaborated in a number of magazines, including with such publications as Ateneum, Tygodnik Ilustrowany, Książką. Since 1909 he taught the history of Polish literature at the Society for Science Courses in Warsaw. Since 1916 he was a professor at the Department of the History of Polish Literature at the University of Warsaw.

Khlebovsky took part in the work of the Warsaw Scientific Society. In 1907, he became one of the founding members of the Society, led its I Division (in 1907-1916) and the Commission for the Study of the History of Literature (in 1910-1917), and was also the President of the Society since 1916 (since 1914 also honorary member). In 1914 he became a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The scientific interests of Khlebovsky were related to the history of Polish literature of the Renaissance, Baroque and Romanticism, the history of Polish culture in general and the history of Warsaw. In addition, he studied the works of various Polish poets and the influence of music on poetry, seriously studied the works of Polish 17th-century memoirs Jan Chrysostomus Paska and Samuel Maskevich. He considered geographical and ethnic factors fundamental for the study of literary creativity. He wrote a number of articles for the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, was one of its main employees, and from 1885 to 1902 he was editor-in-chief. Collaborated with a number of scientific journals and encyclopedic publications.

Among his most famous works are the work of the Polish poet of the 16th century Kokhanowski (Jan Kochanowski w świetle é własnych utworów) and the essay on Krasinsky’s works Nieboska i Irydjon, zarys rozwoja duchowego w pierwszym okresie twórczyści poi.

• Khlebovsky, Bronislav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

• Biography (Polish)