Mykolas Biržiška

Mykolas Biržiška
Born(1882-08-24)24 August 1882
Viekšniai, Lithuania
Died24 August 1962(1962-08-24) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, United States
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery
reburied at Rasos Cemetery in 2018
Alma materImperial Moscow University (expelled, later graduated)
OccupationsLawyer, professor
Known forSignatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
Political partyLSDP
SpouseBronislava Biržiškienė
ChildrenMaria Zymantas and Anna Barauskas

Mykolas Biržiška (listenⓘ; Polish: Michał Birżyszka; 24 August 1882, in Viekšniai – 24 August 1962, in Los Angeles), a Lithuanian editor, historian, professor of literature, diplomat, and politician, was one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania.

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