Paweł Czartoryski

Paweł Czartoryski
Coat of arms Czartoryski
Consort Veronica Poninska
Noble family Czartoryski
Father Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
Mother Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz
Born May 21, 1924
Krakow, Poland
Died August 10, 1999 (aged 75)
Warsaw, Poland

Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish noble (Ksiaze, Szlachcic).

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[2] and a corresponding fellow of the Medieval Academy of America amongst others.[3]

Czartoryski took part in the Polish Round Table talks, where he was responsible for education.[4]

Czartoryski was the founder of the Polish United World Colleges Committee and is now its patron. The society awards about 20 scholarships a year.[5]

He was married to Veronica Poninska and had three children: Witold Michał Czartoryski, Irena Czartoryska and Maria Czartoryska.

References

  1. ↑ "Amazon.com, Author: Pawel Czartoryski". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Instytut Historii Nauki PAN" (in Polish).
  3. ↑ "Georgetown Medieval Academy Fellows". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  4. ↑ "OBM History". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  5. ↑ "Towarzystwa Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata – Historia" (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-05-04.