Francis Count Lützow (Czech: František hrabě Lützow; 21 March 1849, Hamburg – 13 January 1916, Montreux) was an author, historian, and politician. Born into an aristocratic family, Lützow attended the Catholic grammar school at the Scottish Abbey (Schottenstift) in Vienna and, after military service, became a diplomat. He supported the Czech national revival and Czech independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He wrote a number of books on Czech history and culture and sought to promote these in the Anglosphere, becoming an unofficial Czech ambassador in the English-speaking world. He received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in 1905. In 1912, he conducted an extensive lecture tour of universities in the United States. Erskine himself wrote two articles in Gaelic concerning the Czech Lands and their history.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘The Revival of the Czech or Bohemian Language’ [essay, ENG], Volume VIII, Issue 2 (Spring 1911)
Resources
- ‘František hrabě Lützow – Legionář duchem,’ Vojenský historický ústav Praha / Military History Institute Prague (14 August 2024) [article in Czech]