Ludwik Finkel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ludwik Finkel

Polish historian

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1858

Place of Birth: Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1930

Profession: politician, historian

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ludwik Finkel (born 20 March 1858 in Bursztyn, d.
24 October 1930 in Lwów) was a Polish historian, and rector of the Lviv University. From 1878 to 1881 he studied history, philosophy and history of literature at the Lwów University under the tutelage Aleksander Hirschberg, Julian Ochorowicz and Roman Pilat.
His master was Ksawery Liske.
Good friend of Finkel was Stanislaw Lukas.
In 1882 he gained a PhD.
Topic of his thesis was Marcin Kromer, historyk polski XVI wieku (Marcin Kromer, a Polish historian of 16th century). Among his students were Natalia Gasiorowska, Kazimierz Hartleb, Stanislaw Kot, Henryk Moscicki. Ludwik Finkel was buried in the Lyczakowski Cemetery.