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Wojciech Ketrzynski

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Wojciech Ketrzynski

Birth
Giżycko, Powiat giżycki, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland
Death
15 Jan 1918 (aged 79)
Lviv, Lviv Raion, Lvivska, Ukraine
Burial
Lviv, Lviv Raion, Lvivska, Ukraine Add to Map
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was a Polish historian and the director of the Ossolineum Library in Lemberg, then the capital of Galicia, Austrian Empire. He focused on Polish history at a time when Poland was partitioned between foreign powers. He opposed the idea of Germanization and assisted in the January Uprising for Poland's cause. In 1861 he legally changed his name and became a Polish national.
was a Polish historian and the director of the Ossolineum Library in Lemberg, then the capital of Galicia, Austrian Empire. He focused on Polish history at a time when Poland was partitioned between foreign powers. He opposed the idea of Germanization and assisted in the January Uprising for Poland's cause. In 1861 he legally changed his name and became a Polish national.

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