Michał Józef Römer

Portrait of Michał Józef Römer by Ivan Khrutsky, 1847.

Michał Józef Römer also spelled Romer or Roemer (September 2, 1778 – January 14, 1853) was a politician, writer, and notable member of the Polish-Lithuanian gentry.

Römer was born in the Lithuanian city of Vilna, where he spent most of his life. During the Napoleonic Wars he briefly served as the president of that city. Between 1817 and 1820 he served as a Marshal of the Szlachta for the local gubernia. He also served as a head of the regional branch of the Patriotic Society and the Towarzystwo Szubrawców literary society (along with Michał Baliński, Leon Borowski, Ignacy Chodźko, Antoni Gorecki, Kazimierz Kontrym, Józef Sękowski, Jędrzej Śniadecki and Tomasz Zan.

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