Stanislaw Staszic

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Stanislaw Staszic
Monument to Stanisław Staszic in Łódź

Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic (born November 6, 1755 in Piła , † January 20, 1826 in Warsaw ) was a Polish writer , publicist , politician and priest . He was also one of the most important representatives of the Polish Enlightenment .

Life and accomplishments

Staszic came from a middle-class family. He attended schools in Poznan and later became a priest . From 1779 to 1781 he studied in France and Germany . Later he was the educator of the sons of the Polish chancellor and magnate Andrzej Zamoyski (1716–1792), whom he saw as a role model. The Enlightenment was always in favor of fundamental reforms in Poland-Lithuania . However, like Zamoyski, he criticized the role of Jews in rural society.

In 1808, Staszic became chairman of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science , an organization that promoted science in Poland. He financed the construction of the Staszic Palace . In Congress Poland he was a member of the Rada Stanu , the then Council of Ministers. In 1816 he initiated the establishment of the Royal Warsaw University , which later became the University of Warsaw . In the same year he promoted the establishment of Szkoła Akademiczno-Górnicza in Kielce , which is considered to be the first technical university in Poland.

From 1816 to 1824 Staszic was director of the Wydział Przemysłu i Kunsztów Królestwa Kongresowego , an authority that promoted industry in Congress Poland. In this position he gave the impetus for the establishment of a coal mine in Dąbrowa Górnicza as well as some steel works.

In 1816, Staszic founded the Towarzystwo Rolnicze Hrubieszowskie ("Agricultural Society of Hrubieszów") in Hrubieszów by dividing his goods among the farmers , which is considered the first agricultural cooperative in Europe and was active until 1945. A museum was dedicated to Stanisław Staszic in Hrubieszów.

Staszic was awarded the Order of the White Eagle for his services .

Publications

  • 1787 - Uwagi nad życiem Jana Zamoyskiego (Remarks on the life of Jsn Zamoyski)
  • 1790 - Przestrogi dla Polski (Warning to Poles)
  • 1805 - O ziemorództwie gór dawnej Sarmacji, potem Polski (On the geology of the mountains of the former Sarmatia, later Poland)
  • 1815 - O ziemorództwie Karpatów i innych gór i równin Polski (About the geology of the Carpathian Mountains and other mountains and plains of Poland)
  • 1815 - Translation of the Iliad into Polish
  • 1818 - O przyczynach szkodliwości Żydów (On the causes of the harmfulness of the Jews)
  • 1819 to 1820 - Ród Ludzki (The Human Race; Poem)

Web links

Commons : Stanisław Staszic  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Segel: (Ed.): Stranger in Our Midst: Images of the Jew in Polish Literature. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, London 1996, pp. 34f., 38-42.
personal data
SURNAME Staszic, Stanislaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer , publicist , politician and priest
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Piła
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1826
Place of death Warsaw