Studio portrait of Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan
| Description: | Medium close-up of a man wearing a suit and glasses. |
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| 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. |
| Date: | Not before 1892, Not after 1910 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov, (Court photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 110mm x 69mm Image: 95mm x 62mm |
| Format: | Carte de visite |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 150 Behavior Processes and Personality > 156 Social Personality 810 Science and Humanities 870 Education 740 Health and Welfare > 741 Philanthropic Foundations 770 Religious Beliefs 780 Religious Practices 790 Ecclesiatical Organization |
| Copyright: | Национална Библиотека "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" |
| Archive: | St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library, Inv. No.: С 3131 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
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