Природничі Й Точні Науки У Львівському Університеті В Другій Половині Хіх – На Початку Хх Століття: Структурні Та Кадрові Трансформації

Abstract

The purpose of the research -to reconstruct the network of scientific departments of natural and technical area at Emperor Franz I Imperial Royal University in Lviv during the second half of the XIXth -beginning of the XXth centuries; to describe the structural and personnel transformations which took place in scientific departments. The research methodology is based on the principle of historicism, application of general scientific and special scientific methods, in particular, a comparative historical method, a scrupulous analysis of contemporary statistical and information publications of Lviv University. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that for the first time in Ukrainian and foreign historiography there has been generalized the information on the scientific units of natural and technical direction of Lviv University during the Austrian period (in the previous publications on this issue the emphasis is focused on the departments); a clear scheme (in accordance with scientific areas) of their reorganizations has been made, which is reflected in structural changes, name changes, management, etc. The factual material and concluding statements presented in the publication will be