Paweł Czartoryski
Paweł Czartoryski | |
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Coat of arms | Czartoryski |
Consort | Veronica Poninska |
Noble family | Czartoryski |
Father | Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski |
Mother | Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz |
Born |
Krakow, Poland | May 21, 1924
Died |
August 10, 1999 75) Warsaw, Poland | (aged
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
- ↑ "Amazon.com, Author: Pawel Czartoryski". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ↑ "Instytut Historii Nauki PAN" (in Polish).
- ↑ "Georgetown Medieval Academy Fellows". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ↑ "OBM History". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ↑ "Towarzystwa Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata – Historia" (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-05-04.
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