Mykolas Biržiška
Mykolas Biržiška (born August 24, 1882 in Viekšniai , Šiauliai district , now Mažeikiai district ; † August 24, 1962 in Los Angeles ) was a Lithuanian lawyer , literary historian and politician.
Life
From 1895 to 1902 he studied at the Šiauliai grammar school . From 1901 he studied at the Faculty of Law at Moscow University . In 1905 he became a member of the Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija . From 1907 he worked as a legal assistant to Tadas Vrublevskis and then as a lawyer in the Vilniaus žemės bankas . He was a contributor and editor in the Lithuanian press.
From 1939 to 1944 he was professor and rector of the Vilniaus universitetas . From June 1944 he lived in Germany. From 1946 to 1949 he taught at the Baltic University in Hamburg and Pinneberg. From 1949 he lived in the USA.
Works
- Lietuvių dainų literatūros istorija (1919)
- Mūsų raštų istorija. 1547-190 (1925)
- Dainos Kelias (1921)
- Barono gyvenimas ir raštai (1924)
- Duonelaičio gyvenimas ir raštai (1927)
- Rinktiniai mūsų senovės raštai (1927)
- Anuo metu Viekšniuose ir Šiauliuose
- Lietuviu Tautos Kelias (1952)
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas , 1932
- Latvian University , 1934
- Member of the Lietuvos mokslų akademija , 1941
literature
- Literature by and about Mykolas Biržiška in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=598&p_d=32783&p_k=1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biržiška, Mykolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian lawyer, literary historian and politician, member of the Seimas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viekšniai , Šiauliai district |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1962 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California, United States |