Paweł Czartoryski
Polish historian (1924–1999)
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Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish historian.
Warsaw, Poland
Paweł Czartoryski | |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms | Czartoryski |
| Born | 21 May 1924 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 10 August 1999 (aged 75) Warsaw, Poland |
| Buried | Służew Old Cemetery |
| Noble family | Czartoryski |
| Consort | Veronica Poninska |
| Father | Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski |
| Mother | Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz |
He was a law scholar and a science historian. He has contributed considerably on the subject of Nicolaus Copernicus and has published several translations of his works.[1]
He was the Head of the Econometrics Department at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin until 1970. Later a residing professor in the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences and a corresponding fellow of the Medieval Academy of America amongst others.[2]
Czartoryski took part in the Polish Round Table talks, where he was responsible for education.[3]
Czartoryski was the founder of the Polish United World Colleges Committee and is now its patron. The society awards about 20 scholarships a year.[4]
He was married to Veronica Poninska and had three children: Witold Michał Czartoryski, Irena Czartoryska and Maria Czartoryska.
