Comment: | Aleksandar Stoyanov Teodorov-Balan (1859 - 1959) was a Bulgarian linguist, historian and bibliographer. As of 1893 he was Head of the Bulgarian and Slavic Literature Departments at the High Pedagogical School (the future Sofia University). In 1889 he was elected the first Rector of the University and re-elected several times (1896 – 1897, 1902 – 1903). He was also Dean of the Faculty of History and Philosophy (1899 – 1900, 1904 – 1905). Aleksander Balan was Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and as of 1939 he was Doctor Honoris Causa of Sofia University. From 1907 to 1910 he was also the Head Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate. Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan was among the founders of the tourist movement in Bulgaria, a long-standing chairman of the Bulgarian Tourist Association, and editor of the Bulgarian tourist magazine. He was also Grand Master of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Bulgaria. |
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