Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński

Polish noble, writer and politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1748

Place of Birth: Wola Mielecka, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1829

Profession: poet, politician, librarian, historian

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Count Józef Kajetan Piotr Maksymilian Ossolinski known as Józef Maksymilian Ossolinski (1748 – 17 March 1826) was a Polish nobleman, landowner, politician, novelist, poet, historian and researcher into literature, historian, translator, lexicographer, bibliophile, a forerunner of Slavic studies and a leading figure of the Polish Enlightenment.
He founded the Ossolinski Institute in Lwów to which he donated his immense library and other collections of manuscripts and coins.Józef was a member of many learned institutions, and a doctor honoris causa of the Jagiellonian University.
He became one of the first Polish politicians from Galicia.
He took Austrian citizenship when he became prefect of the Imperial Austrian Library in 1793 in Vienna.
He employed Samuel Linde as his "Gräfliche Ossolinskische Bibliothekar", librarian of the Ossolinski Library until 1803 and under his patronage compiler of the first Polish Lexicon.



Alternative names	Jan Ignacy Maszkowski; Jan Kanty Ignacy Maszkowski
Description	Polish-Russian painter
Date of birth/death	1793 / 1794	20 October 1865
Location of birth/death	Chorostków	Barszczowice near Lviv
Work location	Vienna; Italy (1820–1824)
Authority control	: Q4286236 VIAF: 232888799 ISNI: 0000 0003 6687 7633 GND: 102090481X RKD: 130900