Józef Kallenbach

Józef Kallenbach (1861-1929) - a Polish historian of literature.

Kallenbach graduated of IV Public Male Gymnasium under appellation of Jan Długosz of old-classical type in Lviv. He was a professor of history of Polish literature in Lviv University (since 1904), and Jagiellon University. He was also a professor of universities in Freiburg, Warsaw, and Vilnius, a member of Akademia Umiejętności, and a director of Czartoryski Museum and Library in Kraków.

He lectured about Polish pre-partitions literature and romanticism. During his work in Lviv he examined the works of Adam Mickiewicz, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Juliusz Słowacki. Some of his most notable works refer to literature of Old Poland.

Although Kallenbach died in Kraków, he was buried on Lychakivskiy Cemetery, as he considered himself tied with Lviv.