Juliusz Kolberg
Krzysztof Juliusz Henryk Kolberg , German Christoph Julius Heinrich Kolberg (born July 7, 1776 in Woldegk , † September 5, 1831 in Warsaw ) was a university professor and translator of Polish poetry.
Life
Juliusz Kolberg, father of Oskar Kolberg , studied at the Berlin Building Academy . In 1817 he was appointed professor of surveying and geodesy at the Warsaw University , and in 1818 he was appointed inspector of surveying in the Duchy of Warsaw . He was a member of the Warsaw Masonic Lodge .
He was married to Caroline Friederike Mercoeur (1788–1872) and had five sons and one daughter. The second oldest son, Oskar Kolberg , was the founder of Polish ethnography and the author of a 33-volume collection of Polish folk songs.
Kolberg published numerous specialist books in Polish.
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| SURNAME | Kolberg, Juliusz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolberg, Julius; Kolberg, Christoph Julius Heinrich (full name); Kolberg, Krzysztof Juliusz Henryk (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish freemason and surveying inspector in the Duchy of Warsaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woldegk |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1831 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |