Paweł Czartoryski

Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish historian.

Paweł Czartoryski
Coat of armsCzartoryski
Born(1924-05-21)May 21, 1924
Kraków, Poland
DiedAugust 10, 1999(1999-08-10) (aged 75)
Warsaw, Poland
Noble familyCzartoryski
ConsortVeronica Poninska
FatherWłodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
MotherCountess 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
  1. "Amazon.com, Author: Pawel Czartoryski". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  2. "Georgetown Medieval Academy Fellows". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  3. "OBM History". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  4. "Towarzystwa Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata – Historia" (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-05-04.


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