Stanisław Tarnowski

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Stanisław Tarnowski
Noble Family	Tarnowski
Coat of Arms	Leliwa
Parents	Jan Bohdan Tarnowski Gabriela Małachowska
Consorts	Róża Maria Branicka
Children	with Róża Maria Branicka Elzbieta Tarnowska Jadwiga Tarnowska Hieronim Jan Tarnowski
Date of Birth	November 7, 1837
Place of Birth	Dzików
Date of Death	December 31, 1917
Place of Death	Kraków

Stanislaw Tarnowski (1837-1917) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), historian, literary critic, publicist.

During the January Uprising Stanisław was connected with the "Biali" (liberal-conservative political faction). He was imprisoned from 1863 to 1865 by the Austrian authorities. He was co-author of the "Teka Stanczyka" (1868). Since 1867 Stanisław served as member of the Sejm in Galicia. In 1885 he became a member of the Herrenhaus in Vienna. From 1871 until 1909 professor and two times rector at the Jagiellonian University. In 1873 member and from 1890 to 1917 chairman of the Akademia Umiejetnosci (Polish Academy of Skills).

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• Pisarze polit. XVI w. (t. 1-2 1886)
• Jan Kochanowski (1888)
• Zygmunt Krasinski (1892)
• Matejko (1897)
• Julian Klaczko (t. 1-2 1909)
• studia o A. Fredrze, H. Rzewuskim, H. Sienkiewiczu, zbiór Rozprawy i sprawozdania (t. 1-4 1895-98)
• synteza Historia literatury polskiej (t. 1-5 1900, t. 6 cz. 1-2 1905-07)
• wybór studiów O literaturze polskiej XIX wieku (1977).