Alexander Húščava
Alexander Húščava was a Slovak historian, pioneer in auxiliary sciences of history in Slovakia, founder of the department of archival studies at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University at Bratislava.
Life
He studied at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava and habilitated in 1929. Then, he had worked at the Provincial Archive and pursued studies at the State Archivist School in Prague. In 1931, he was sent to study Slovak-related documents in Vatican Archives. In 1937, he became a docent in auxiliary sciences of history. In 1939, he became an extraordinary professor. From 1940, he was an ordinary professor.He was the first scientist in Slovakia who systematically studied and taught auxiliary sciences of history. In the school year 1950/51, he succeeded in establishing a professional study of archival science at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University, led by him until his death.