Ilarion Hrabovych

Ilarion Mykhailovych Hrabovych (Ukrainian: Іларіон Михайлович Грабович, June 18, 1856, Shmankivtsi, now Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast - July 11/24, 1903, Lviv) was a Ukrainian poet, literary figure, publicist, teacher.

He was born on June 18, 1856, into a family of a teacher in the village of Shmankivtsi (Chortkiv district, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire, now Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine).

He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at Lviv University in 1884 and became a teacher by profession.

He taught at various high schools in Buchach, Sambir,and Lviv.

According to some sources he passed away on July 11, 1903[1] while others report his death as occurring on July 24, 1903[2] in Lviv (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, now Lviv region, Ukraine).