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Józef Mikołaj Potocki
Józef Mikołaj Kazimierz Marian Alfred Jakub Potocki (8 September 1862 – 25 August 1922) was a Polish nobleman, hunter, traveller and writer. A collector of books, paintings and hunting trophies, he also bred Arabian horses on his Pilawin estate and worked on reintroducing European bison into Ukraine on his hunting estate. Biography Potocki was the second son of Galician governor Alfred Józef Potocki, Alfred Józef (1817–1889) owner of Łańcut and Maria née Sanguszko (1830–1903) and came from a wealthy landed family. Educated at home and in the University of Lviv, Franciscan University at Lviv where he studied law he returned to manage his estate. From his mother he inherited estates in Smołdyrów, Antoniny and Szepetówka in Volhynia totalling 63,000 hectares. He also inherited the palace at Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw which is now the office of the Ministry of Culture in Poland. He established a horse breeding farm, travelled on hunts to Asia and Africa writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yusuf, Yūsuf''. In Persian language, Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |