Leonard Chodźko Explained

Leonard Chodźko
House-Type:Szlachta
Noble Family:Chodźko
Father:Ludwik Chodźko
Mother:Waleria z Dederków
Birth Date:1800
Birth Place:Oborek
Death Place:Poitiers

Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration.

Life

Chodźko was educated at the University of Vilnius, where he was a member of the Philomaths, a secret organization established in 1816 by Vilnius University students including Adam Mickiewicz, Tomasz Zan and Józef Jeżowski.[1]

From 1826 he lived in Paris. During France's July 1830 Revolution, he served as aide-de-camp to General La Fayette.

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Notes and References

  1. "Filomaci," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 164.