L. L. Zamenhof Esperanto, usually rendered as "humanitism" in English, sometimes rendered loosely as humanitarianism or humanism), based on the principles and teachings of Hillel the Elder. He said of Homaranismo: "It is indeed the object of my whole life. I would give up everything for it." Zamenhof came from and lived a very-much multilingual life. His name is/was variously translitterated, depending on the language: At his birth Zamenhof was given the Hebrew name "Eliezer" by his parents, the equivalent of the Latinized "Lazarus". However Zamenhof was born under Russian domination, and so his birth certificate records his name as "Leyzer Zamengov", using
Ludwik Finkel Mościcki. Ludwik Finkel was buried in the Łyczakowski Cemetery. Ludwik Finkel Ludwik Finkel (born 20 March 1858 in Bursztyn, d. 24 October 1930 in Lwów) was a Polish historian, and rector of the Lviv University. From 1878 to 1881 he studied history, philosophy and history of literature at the Lwów University under the tutelage Aleksander Hirschberg, Julian Ochorowicz and Roman Pilat. His master was Ksawery Liske. Good friend of Finkel was Stanisław Lukas. In 1882 he gained a PhD. Topic of his thesis was "Marcin Kromer, historyk polski XVI wieku" (Marcin Kromer, a Polish historian of 16th century). Among his