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term director of the Institute of Botany of the Jagiellonian University. It was on Friedberg’s
advice that Szafer began to study botany at the University of Vienna and became a prominent
botanist in his own right.
In 1906-1907, Friedberg served as a professor at the 4th Gymnasium in Lviv, as
documented in the museum’s chronicle. However, the exact period of his tenure remains
unknown due to limited records covering the specified years.
In 1907, W. Friedberg received a postdoctoral degree and the title of associate professor
at the Lviv Polytechnic. The period before the First World War is not documented in the

Fig. 2. Group photograph of an unknown event from the early years of the 20th century.
The location is also unidentified. From left to right in the top row: Wilhelm
Friedberg, an unknown person, Słomnicki, Glinkiewicz; and in the bottom row:
Łazowski, Stupnicki, Rakowski. The surnames were identified due to
handwriting on the photograph’s margin.
scientist’s biography. It is known that the war interrupted his scientific activities, as he was
drafted into the army. Following his military service, he briefly worked as a senior geologist
at the State Geological Institute in Kraków. Since 1919, after Poland regained independence,