Helena d'Abancourt de Franqueville
Helena d'Abancourt de Franqueville | |
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Józef Mehoffer (1893) "Portret Heleny d'Abancourt de Franqueville" | |
| Born | 26 February 1874 |
| Died | 16 November 1942 (aged 68) |
| Education | Jagiellonian University |
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| Employers | |
| Father | Francis Xavier d'Abancourt de Franqueville |
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| Family | de Francqueville family |
Helena d'Abancourt de Franqueville (1874–1942) was a Polish art historian, librarian, and translator.
Early life
Helena d'Abancourt de Franqueville was born on 26 February 1874 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (present-day, Austria) to Francis Xavier d'Abancourt de Franqueville.[1]
Career
d'Abancourt is best remembered for her work as a historian at the National Museum, Kraków and a librarian at the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also remembered for her translations of the works of Romain Rolland and Ivo Vojnović.
d'Abancourt contributed biographies of her family to the Polish Biographical Dictionary.[2][3][4][5]
Later life
d'Abancourt died on the 16 November 1942 in Kraków during the Occupation of Poland.[1]
References
- ^ a b "D'Abancourt, Helena". The Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington D.C.: The Library of Congress. 2023.
- ^ Treiderowa, Anna (1972). "Helena d'Abancourt de Franqueville". In Treichel, Irena (ed.). Słownik pracowników książki polskiej (in Polish). Warsaw-Łódź: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
- ^ Łoza, Stanisław (1938). Czy wiesz kto to jest? (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Głównej Księgarni Wojskowej.
- ^ Kusza, Marian. "Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Muzeum Narodowego w Krakowie". Słownik polskich towarzystw naukowych (in Polish) (3rd ed.). Wrocław-GódŁvie-Cracoń: Towarzystwa upowszechniające naukę działające obecnie w Polsce. p. 183.
- ^ Zeńczak, Anna; Wapiennik-Kossowicz, Joanna (2006). Józef Mehoffer (in Polish). Bosz. p. 20. ISBN 978-83-89747-33-4.