Michał Hieronim Bobrzyński (Michael Bobrzynski) (30 September 1849 – 3 July 1935) was a Polish historian and conservative politician.

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Bobrzynski was born at

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

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. He was educated there, graduating from the '' gymnasium'' and the Jagiellonian University. In 1872 he received his

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and the following year became assistant professor in the history of Polish jurisprudence, in 1876 assuming similar duties in regard to German law. In 1877 he became professor of law at the Jagiellonian University. In 1885–91 he was a member of the '' Reichsrat'' and held many other honorary and responsible positions, and in 1890–1901 he was president of the Galician board of education. He was Governor of Galicia in 1908–13. His most important publications are his ''Geschichte Polens'' (1879), which aroused much criticism on account of its bitter attacks on

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's past, and his contributions to Lencl's ''Polnische Rechtsdenkmäler'' (1874–82).

Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 116. 1849 births 1935 deaths Politicians from Kraków People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907) Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Governors of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish male writers Polish male non-fiction writers 19th-century Polish historians 20th-century Polish historians Conservatism in Poland Jagiellonian University alumni Members of the Lwów Scientific Society {{Poland-historian-stub

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