Paweł Czartoryski Explained

Paweł Czartoryski
Coa:Czartoryski
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Spouse:Veronica Poninska
Spouse-Type:Consort
Noble Family:Czartoryski
Father:Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
Mother:Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz
Birth Date:21 May 1924
Birth Place:Kraków, Poland
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland
Burial Place:Służew Old Cemetery

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amazon.com, Author: Pawel Czartoryski. 2007-05-04.
  2. Web site: Georgetown Medieval Academy Fellows. 2007-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20061206020219/http://www.georgetown.edu/MedievalAcademy/fellows.html . 2006-12-06.
  3. Web site: OBM History. 2007-05-04.
  4. Web site: Towarzystwa Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata – Historia. 2007-05-04. Polish.