Fischer, Adam, b 7 June 1889 in Peremyshl, d 22 December 1943 in Lviv. Polish ethnographer, professor at Lviv University (1924–39). He produced studies on folklore and folk art in Poland, as well as popular monographs on the rites and customs of Slavic peoples, including Rusini (The Ruthenians, 1928).

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]