Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński

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Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński
Noble Family	Ossoliński
Coat of Arms	Topór
Parents	Michal Ossolinski Anna Szaniewska
Consorts	Teresa Jabłonowska
Children	none
Date of Birth	1748
Place of Birth	Wola Mielecka
Date of Death	March 17, 1829
Place of Death	Vienna

Count Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1748-1829) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), politician, writer, researcher of literature, and founder of the Ossoliński Institute.

Józef was member of many learned institutions, such as the Society of Friends of Science, Warsaw Scientific Society, the Wilno Academy, the Kraków Academy, the Royal Societies in Prague and Göttingen, the Imperial-Royal Society in Vienna, and a doctor honoris causa of the Jagiellonian University. One of the first Polish politicians in Galicia. He became prefect of the court library in 1793 in Vienna. In 1817 he donated all of his archives, valuable collections of books, manuscripts and museum pieces to "the Polish nation" and founded the "Ossolineum" Institute in Lwów.