Carl Patsch

Carl Ludwig Patsch, also Karl Ludwig Patsch, Albanian: Karl Paç; Bulgarian: Карл Пач (14 September 1865 in Kovač – 21 February 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian Slavist, Albanologist, archaeologist and historian.

[2] Carl Patsch studied History, Geography and Classical Philology at the University of Prague, where he finished his doctorate in 1889.

In 1921, he became professor of Slavic history at the University of Vienna and was subsequently a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Patsch is known for its articles on ancient Illyrian and Thracian history and culture.

[1][3] In the years 1922 - 1924 Carl Patsch stayed and worked in Albania where he helped in the efforts to establish a national museum.