Leszek Bednarczuk
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Leszek Bednarczuk (30 May 1936 – 2 November 2025) was a Polish linguist, Indo-Europeanist, professor of the Pedagogical University of Cracow from 1987 and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1][2] Bednarczuk authored a 2010 book Językowy obraz Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego (English: Languages of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Lithuanian: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kalbos).[1][2][3][4] Bednarczuk was born in Vilnius on 30 May 1936, and died on 2 November 2025, at the age of 89.[5]