Adam Kirkor

Adam Honory Kirkor (1881)

Adam Honory Kirkor (born January 21, 1819 in Slivino , Mogilev Governorate , Russian Empire ; † November 23, 1886 in Krakow , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austria-Hungary ) was a Polish-Lithuanian publisher , journalist , archaeologist and historian . He also published under the pseudonym Jan ze Śliwina .

Life

Adam Kirkor was the son of Karol Kirkor and his wife Tekla Kirkor. In the 1850s he was the editor of the Vilnius Governorate's Memorial Books . In 1855 he became custodian of the Vilna Museum of Antiquities and secretary of the affiliated Archaeological Commission. Around 1860 he became the editor of the Wilnaer Bote ( Wilenski westnik ).

From 1865 he was a corresponding member of the Society for History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia .

From 1868 to 1872 he was with N. I. Kostomarow and N. N. Jumatow editor of the Russian-language daily newspaper Novoje wremja . In 1871 he moved from Saint Petersburg to Krakow.

Kirkor was first married to the actress Petronela Helena Kirkor geb. Majewska and in second marriage with Maria Celina Celestyna Kirkor geb. Boczkowska married.

literature

Rainer Lindner : historian and rule. Nation-building and history politics in Belarus in the 19th and 20th centuries. Oldenbourg, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-486-56455-6 , p. 76f. ( limited preview in Google Book search)

Web links

Commons : Adam Kirkor - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Short biography (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ Adam Honory Kirkor on sejm-wielki.pl; In other sources, the year of birth 1818 is also given
↑ Meeting reports of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia. 1874, p. 83 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
↑ Magdalena Frączek: Petersburskie czasopisma Adama Honorego Kirkora. In: Europa Orientalis. 4, 2013, pp. 103–118, here p. 103, footnote 1 ( apcz.umk.pl ).

personal data
SURNAME	Kirkor, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kirkor, Adam Honory (full name); Jan ze Śliwina (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish journalist and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Slivino, Mogilev Governorate
DATE OF DEATH	November 23, 1886
Place of death	Krakow , Galicia

[1] Adam Honory Kirkor on sejm-wielki.pl; In other sources, the year of birth 1818 is also given

[2] Meeting reports of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia. 1874, p. 83 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )

[3] Magdalena Frączek: Petersburskie czasopisma Adama Honorego Kirkora. In: Europa Orientalis. 4, 2013, pp. 103–118, here p. 103, footnote 1 ( apcz.umk.pl ).