JIRECEK

jirecek, konstantin josef (1854- ), son of josef, taught history at prague. he entered the bulgarian service in 1879, and in 1881 became minister of education at sofia. in 1884 he became professor of universal history in czech at prague, and in 1893 professor of slavonic antiquities at vienna. the bulk of konstantin's writings deal with the history of the southern slavs and their literature. they include a _history of the bulgars_ (czech and german, 1876), _the principality of bulgaria_ (1891), _travels in bulgaria_ (czech, 1888), &c.