Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie
Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 November 1768 Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Poland) |
| Died | 11 June 1835 (aged 66) Free City of Kraków (now in Poland) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Halle University of Jena |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Jagiellonian University |
Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie (also spelled Bandtke; 24 November 1768 – 11 June 1835) was a Polish linguist, philologist, historian, bibliographer and lexicographer.
Biography
Bandtkie was born to Jan Samuel Bandtkie, a German merchant, and Maria Noak. He was baptized on 5 December 1868 at Piaski. In 1779, he began attending St. Elizabeth Gymnasium in Wrocław.[1][2] After obtainining his matura in 1787, he studied theology at the University of Halle for two years and at the University of Jena for one year; however, he was drawn to history and philology. He worked as a tutor for a pastor in Hermannsdorf, and later for Piotr Ożarowski's sons, from 1790 to 1798, when he returned to Wrocław. There, he became a substitute professor and teacher of the Polish language at St. Elizabeth Gymnasium. He became a professor for the Gymnasium's seventh class in 1803;[3] the following year, in 1804, he became rector of Holy Spirit Gymnasium and librarian for the Church of St. Benedict.[4]
On 4 September 1811,[5] Bandtkie was appointed librarian and professor of bibliography at Jagiellonian University. As the University's librarian, he helped to modernize and reorganize its library,[2] cataloging around 40,000 works and adding thousands more to the library's collection. He received an honoris causa doctorate from the University on 12 October 1811.[6] In addition, Bandtkie gave the first lecture on numismatics in Poland during the 1814–15 academic school year;[7] from then until the 1816–17 academic year — and later in the 1831–32 academy year — he served as dean,[8] helping to contribute to the University's statues.[9]
Bandtkie served as a senator of the Free City of Kraków on behalf of Jagiellonian University in 1820.[8] He later served as the editor of various journals and periodicals, including Miscellanea Cracoviensia, Miscellanea Cracoviensia Nova, and Rozmaitości Naukowe. Bandtkie died on 11 June 1835 after a paralytic stroke, and was buried in Rakowice Cemetery.[10]
Bandtkie was a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, and a member of the Kraków Scientific Society from 1815.[8] Besides his monographs, he wrote over 80 scientific articles, spanning the fields of history, linguistics, bibliography, archaeology, and folklore.[9]
References
Citations
- ^ Uljasz 2011, pp. 40–41.
- ^ a b Kolendo 2006, p. 53.
- ^ Barycz 1935, p. 2.
- ^ Uljasz 2011, p. 41.
- ^ Barycz 1935, p. 3.
- ^ Uljasz 2011, p. 43.
- ^ Kolendo 2006, p. 56.
- ^ a b c Uljasz 2011, p. 44.
- ^ a b Uljasz 2011, p. 47.
- ^ Uljasz 2011, pp. 47–48.
Bibliography
- Barycz, Henryk (April 1935). "Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie w setną rocznicę zgonu" (PDF). Komunikat Instytutu Śląskiego w Katowicach (in Polish). No. 35.
- Kolendo, Jerzy (2006). "Numizmatyk zapomniany - Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie (1768-1835). Notatka bibliograficzna". Wiadomości Numizmatyczne (in Polish). 50 (1): 51–65.
- Uljasz, Adrian (2011). "Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie (1768–1835). Uczony, pedagog i pracownik książki polskiej". Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia ad Bibliothecarum Scientiam Pertinentia (in Polish). IX (104): 40–51.