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Jacob Eduard Polak Archive

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Jacob Eduard Polak 1820-1891 (Creator of the archive)
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יעקב אדוארד פולק (1891-1818), רופא אוסטרי ממוצא יהודי, עסק ברפואה ובהוראת הרפואה בפרס ופרסם את כתביו בגרמנית ובפרסית. הארכיון כולל מסמכים אישיים, יומנים, התכתבות וקטעי עתונות.

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1597
Dates
1840-1908
Consists of
0.15 m..
Languages
German; per; Russian;
Description
The archive contains personal documents, diaries, correspondence and news clippings.
location
  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title Jacob Eduard Polak Archive.
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: ארכיון יעקב אדוארד פולק.
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1597, Jacob Eduard Pollak archive, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item Jacob Eduard Polak Archive.
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary 12 November 1818 in Mořina
– 8 October 1891 in Vienna. Physician and writer. Studied in Prague and Vienna, in 1851 was invited to Teheran by the Persian government to serve as professor of anatomy and surgery. In 1856 was appointed court physician to Sha Nasr el Din. Returned in Vienna in 1860 and was associated at the general hospital. Also lectured in Persian at the University. Wrote treatises on medicine in Persian and compiled a medical dictionary in Persian, Arabic and Latin. He was also involved in activity on behalf of Persian Jewry.
Ownership history The archive was purchased in 1984 from Dr. Lionel Kochan, Oxford, together with the the archives of Adolf Büchler and Adolf Neubauer.
Language Note The archive is in German, Persian and Russian.
National Library system number 990026358590205171

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