Władysław Skłodowski
Władysław Skłodowski (born October 20, 1832 in Kielce , † May 14, 1902 in Warsaw ) was a Polish teacher , biologist , journalist and translator . He was the father of the later double Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie .
Life
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He was the son of educator and librarian Józef Skłodowski (1804-1882) and Salomea Sagtyńska. As a boy he attended school in Siedlce . He then studied physics and mathematics at the State University in Saint Petersburg and graduated in both subjects with a diploma . He then worked as a school teacher for these two subjects.
Since 1860 he was married to Marianna Bronisława Boguska. They had four daughters and a son, Zofia (1862–1876), Józef (1863–1937), Bronisława (1865–1939), Helena (1866–1961) and Maria (1867–1934). Her youngest daughter married Pierre Curie, who later won the Nobel Prize , in 1895 and received two Nobel Prizes herself .
Władysław Skłodowski was appointed deputy director of the Russian grammar school in Warsaw's Ulica Nowolipki ( German Nowolipkistrasse ) in 1867 . In 1887 he changed his profession and became head of the state educational institution of Studzieniec, which he headed until 1890.
He wrote numerous publications and also worked as a translator. He translated works by Charles Dickens , Iwan Turgenew and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow into Polish . He is the author of a zoological handbook and he contributed in the field of botany to the Universal Encyclopedia ( Polish original title: Encyklopedia Powszechna ) by Samuel Orgelbrand .
Władysław Skłodowski was buried in the family grave in the Warsaw Powązki Cemetery .
Web links
- SKŁODY PIOTROWICE - Gniazdo rodowe Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie ( German family history of Maria Skłodowska-Curie ) Polish, accessed on September 13, 2017
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SURNAME | Skłodowski, Władysław |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sklodowski, Wladyslaw |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish teacher, biologist, journalist and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1832 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kielce |
DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1902 |
Place of death | Warsaw |