Szymon Askenazy

Szymon Askenazy (born December 28, 1866 in Zawichost , † June 22, 1935 in Warsaw ) was a Polish historian , diplomat and politician .

From 1902 he was a professor at the University of Lviv . In 1909 he was admitted to the Polish Academy of Sciences . After Poland regained its independence, Askenazy was selected as the first Polish representative in the League of Nations (1920-1923). He had to resign because of an anti-Semitic campaign.

In his works he devoted himself above all to the political and economic history of Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and thus laid the foundation for the Lemberg-Warsaw School (also known as the "Askenazy School"). He was the first historian to consider the period of Polish partitions crucial to the creation of the modern Polish nation.

Askenazy's idea of describing a nation's history through social and economic development, as well as its international and diplomatic background, remain significant to modern Polish historians.

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SURNAME	Askenazy, Szymon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish historian, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zavichost
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1935
Place of death	Warsaw