Leon Sternbach, son of Józef, was born on 2 July 1864 in Drohobych. He was a professor of classical philology, a specialist in Byzantium and member of the Polish Academy of Science. He attended school in Drohobych, then university in Leipzig and Dresden (1882-3) and in Vienna (1883-5), where he was awarded a doctorate. His post-doctoral research was in Lvov, where he became an assistant professor. However, his professional and scientific life was entwined with the Jagiellonian University (UJ). He became an Extraordinary Professor in 1892 and a Full Professor in 1897. In the Academic year 1904/5 he was the Dean of the Department of Philosophy. In 1893 he joined the Academy of Science, later called Polish Academy of Science. In 1918 he was a doctor, honoris…