Leonard Chodźko
| Leonard Chodźko | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Coat of arms |
Kościesza  |
| Family | Chodźko |
| Father | Ludwik Chodźko |
| Mother | Waleria z Dederków |
| Born |
1800 Oborek |
| Died |
March 12, 1871 Poitiers |
Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration.
Life
Chodźko was educated at the University of Vilnius, where he was a member of the Philomaths, a secret organization established in 1816 by Vilnius University students including Adam Mickiewicz, Tomasz Zan and Józef Jeżowski.[1]
From 1826 he lived in Paris. During France's July 1830 Revolution, he served as aide-de-camp to General La Fayette.
Works
- Histoire des légions polonaises en Italie (1829)
- Histoire populaire de la Pologne (1863)
- Les Polonais en Italie (1829)
- Tableau de la Pologne ancienne et moderne sous le rapport géographique, statistique, géologique etc. (1830)
- Biographie du géneral Kościuszko (1837)
- Massacres de Galicie et Cracovie confisquée par l'Autriche en 1846 (1861)
- Un évêque polonais, le métropolitain Kazimir Gaspard Colonna Cieciszewski et son temps (1745-1831) (1866)
- Recueil des traités, conventions, actes diplomatiques etc. relatifs à la Pologne, de 1762 á 1862.
- Notice biographique sur Joachim Lelewel ; Paris, 1834
- Le Congrès de Vienne et les traités de 1815, précédés et suivis des actes diplomatiques qui s'y rattachent ; 1863 / 1864 ; éditeur : Amyot ; Paris ; 4 vol.
See also
- Léonard Chodzko (French Wikipedia)
- Polish Museum, Rapperswil
Notes
- ↑ "Filomaci," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 164.
External links
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