About Edward R. Straznicky
Lived 1820 – 1876 (aged 55–56). Edward R. Straznicky was an American librarian.
Edward R. Straznicky (c. 18209 February 1876) was superintendent of the Astor Library 1872-1876. He created the first catalogue of the library which was published in 1857.
After a brief residence in England, Straznicky went to the United States, and found employment as a merchant in Philadelphia. In 1859 he became an assistant librarian in the Astor Library in New York City, and in 1872 he was elected superintendent, an office he held until he died.
Straznicky was also the librarian (1857-1859) and recording secretary of the American Geographical Society, a position he held until 1872.
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United States librarian
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Edward R. Straznicky was born in 1820.
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Edward R. Straznicky died on 9 February 1876.
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Edward R. Straznicky was a librarian.
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