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Victor Baworowski, photo Aleksander Tadeusz Regulski, przed 1884, Public domain
Fotografia przedstawiająca Wiktor Baworowski
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Wiktor Baworowski

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Wiktor Baworowski

Lviv | Ukraine
First name:
Wiktor
Last Name:
Baworowski
Pseudonym:
Wiktor z Baworowa
Crest:
Baworowski
Date of birth:
01-01-1825 - 31-12-1826
Place of birth:
Kołtów
Date of death:
03-12-1894
Place od death:
Lwów
Profession:
groundskeeper, poet, translator
Biography:

Wiktor Baworowski (1825/1826-1894), Polish bibliophile, patron of sciences, poet and translator, governor of Lviv. He founded the Baworowski Library in Lwów. He owned landed estates in Myszkowice, Luka Wielka, Baworowo, Zastawie, Łoszniowie and Krowinka. In 1848, he graduated from the Franciscan University in Lwów. As a translator, he mainly translated Romantic works, including Byron and Victor Hugo. In 1894 he took his own life, probably due to impending blindness.

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Fotografia przedstawiająca Wiktor Baworowski
Victor Baworowski, photo Aleksander Tadeusz Regulski, przed 1884, Public domain

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