An Outline of the History of Classical Philology at the Jagiellonian University

Abstract

This paper aims to familiarize contemporary students and scholars of classical philology with the profiles of prominent Polish classical philologists related to the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. It contains biographical notes and description of works of most important classicists at the Jagiellonian University, who lived in the 19th and in the 20th century. The scholars presented in the article are: Kazimierz Morawski, Tadeusz Sinko, Seweryn Hammer, Leon Sternbach, Wincenty Lutosławski, Ryszard Gansiniec, Stanisław Skimina, Władysław Madyda, Romuald Turasiewicz, Adam Stefan Miodoński, Gustaw Edward Przychocki, Władysław Strzelecki, Kazimierz Kumaniecki, Mieczysław Brożek, Marian Plezia, Kazimierz Korus, Józef Korpanty and Stanisław Stabryła.