Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish historian.
Paweł Czartoryski | |
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Coat of arms | Czartoryski |
Born | Kraków, Poland | 21 May 1924
Died | 10 August 1999 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 75)
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.
References
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- ^ "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.