Karol Boromeusz Hoffman

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Karol Boromeusz Hoffmann

Karol Boromeusz Aleksander Hoffmann (* 1798 in Mazovia ; † July 6, 1875 in Blasewitz near Dresden) was a Polish lawyer and writer .

Life

Karol Boromeusz Aleksander Hoffmann studied law in Warsaw . However, since he was suspected by the Russian government of participating in patriotic-Polish political connections, he was declared incapable of civil service and now devoted himself mainly to literary activity. In 1825 he founded the Polish Themis , a legal journal, and in 1827 published a Polish translation of Benjamin Franklin's works. It was not until 1828 that he received the post of councilor at the Polish Bank .

At the outbreak of the Warsaw November Uprising in 1830, Hoffmann took a lively part in the organization of the National Guard and the Warsaw authorities and published the fiery text “ Poland's Liberation Week ” (French: La Grande semaine des Polonais ), which was translated into several languages . In 1831 he became one of the three directors of the bank and in this position went to Germany to broker a loan. He stayed in Frankfurt am Main until the storming of Warsaw and then went to Dresden . There he wrote the brochure Coup d'oeil sur l'état politique du royaume de Pologne sous la domination russe , including secret papers left behind by the Russian government in Warsaw . In 1832 he had to leave Dresden at the request of the Russian ambassador and went to Paris with his wife, the popular Polish author Klementyna Hoffmanowa . There he wrote other writings and showed himself to be a supporter of Prince Czartoryski. In 1848 he returned to Dresden. He then lived in Galicia for a long time and died on July 6, 1875 in Blasewitz near Dresden.

Hoffmann's main work is Historia reform politycznych w dawnej Polsce (Posen 1869). He also wrote about western Pan-Slavism and other things. In contrast to Lelewel , he emphasized the monarchical principle in old Poland.

Works

  • Poland's Week of Liberation or description of the events in Warsaw from November 29th to December 5th, 1830: together with the manifesto of the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland. Leipzig: Peeters, 1831.
  • La Grande semaine des Polonais, ou Histoire des mémorables journées de la révolution de Varsovie. Traduit du polonais [de KBA Hoffmann], par un Polonais [Wladislaw Plater] . Paris: G.-A. Dentu, 1831.
  • La nationalité polonaise détruite: lettre d'un Polonais adressée aux deputés de la France . Paris: Bossange; Heideloff et Campé, 1832.
  • Nouvelles de la Pologne, accompagnées de documents officiels: juillet 1831 . Paris: bureau de la ″ Revue encyclopédique ″, 1832.
  • Lettre d'un Polonais [KBA Hoffmann] à MM. Les Pairs et les Députés de la France, suivie de deux écrits, savoir: 1. De l'état actuel de la Pologne. 2. Débats de la Chambre des Communes, on 9 June 1833, sur la motion de MR Fergusson . Paris: impr. de H. Fournier, 1833.
  • Coup d'oeil sur l'état politique du royaume de Pologne sous la domination russe pendent les quinze annés de 1815 - 1830; Par un Polonais (published anonymously). Paris: Heideloff, 1832
  • Dernier mot sur le statut organique imposé à la Pologne le 26 février 1832 . 1833.
  • Vademecum polski; zbior wiadomości przydatnych Polakom, przez KA Hoffmann . Paryż (Paris): w drukarni Maulde i Renou, 1839.
  • King Lesczynski as an exile , 2 vols., Leipzig 1866
  • Study of Western Pan-Slavism , Poznan 1868
  • Historia reform politycznych w dawnej Polsce , Poznan 1869; Warszawa: Panstw. Inst. Wydawn., 1988. ISBN 83-06-01430-8 .

literature

personal data
SURNAME Hoffman, Karol Boromeusz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffman, Karol Boromeusz Aleksander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish lawyer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Mazovia
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1875
Place of death Blasewitz near Dresden