Jan Nepomucen Białobłocki Explained

Jan Nepomucen Białobłocki (180631 March 1828, Sokołowo, Golub-Dobrzyń) was a childhood friend and correspondent of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.[1]

Born into an aristocratic family, Białobłocki began in 1816 to study at the Warsaw Lyceum, where one of his teachers was Nicolas Chopin, the composer's father; Białobłocki lodged with the Chopin family. In 1823 Białobłocki commenced studies at Warsaw University. He became a close friend of Frédéric, who addressed numerous letters to him, using Białobłocki's nickname, Jasio.[2]

In 1828 Białobłocki died of tuberculosis of the bone,[3] unmarried, at his family estate of Sokołowo.

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  1. Mysłakowski and Sikorski (2007),
  2. Walker (2018), p. 46
  3. Walker (2018), p. 121