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Samuel Tyszkiewicz
Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889–1954) was a Polish typographer, and a member of the once powerful Tyszkiewicz noble family. References * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Il tipografo Samuel F. Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954)'', Trento, Edizioni Civis, 1990. * Grzegorz Sowula, Samuel Tyszkiewicz (Bibliotheca Typographica), 1991, . * Marek Szypulski, Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889–1954) - typograf emigracyjny, 2001, unpublished PhD dissertatio * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Kilka uwag o Samuelu F. Tyszkiewiczu, jego Oficynie wydawniczej, przynależności wyznaniowej i pochodzeniu'', Trento, Editrice Università degli studi di Trento, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Centro di Documentazione sulla Storia dell'Europa Orientale, 2006. * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Gdy wydawca jest artystą... Samuel Fryderyk Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954) i jego oficyna wydawnicza'', ''Akcent'', rok 27 (2006), nr 2 (104), str. 100–108. 1889 births 1954 deaths Samuel Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شم ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typographer
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), as well as adjusting the space between pairs of letters ( kerning). The term ''typography'' is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as an ornamental and decorative device, unrelated to the communication of information. Typography is the work of typesetters (also known as compositors), typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyszkiewicz Family
Tyszkiewicz is the name of the Tyszkiewicz family, a Polish–Lithuanian magnate noble family of Ruthenian origin. The Lithuanian equivalent is Tiškevičius; it is frequently transliterated from Russian and Belarusian as Tyshkevich. Other people with the name include: * Beata Tyszkiewicz (born 1938), Polish actress * Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1874), Polish antiquarian and museum founder * Iwan Tyszkiewicz (died 1611), Polish-Lithuanian Socinian executed as a blasphemer and heretic * Piotr Tyszkiewicz, Polish footballer * Robert Tyszkiewicz Robert Tyszkiewicz (born 7 June 1963 in Białystok) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 13,232 votes in 24 Białystok district as a candidate from the Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platf ... (born 1963), Polish politician * Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1894–1976), Polish-Lithuanian landowner, engineer and inventor People named Tyshkevich include: * Regina Tyshkevich (1929–2019), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Władysław Woś
Jan Władysław Woś (born April 19, 1939, in Warsaw) is a Polish historian, essayist, as well as fiction writer, bibliophile and book collector. He graduated from the University of Warsaw discussing a thesis on Dante Alighieri, Dante's philosophical system (''De amore in Dantis Divine Comedy, Divina Comoedia quaestiones''). He studied later in Milan, Leuven, Louvain, Florence, Pisa, Bonn, and Heidelberg. He has taught History of the Eastern Europe at the Universities of Pisa (1976-1987), Heidelberg (1985–86), Trento (1987-2009), and Venice (1990–91), also contributing to anthropological research in both Africa and Amazonia. His fields of interest are Polish history in the Sixteenth Century and History of the Roman Church, particularly regarding Italian/Polish relations. Having obtained his Italian citizenship in 1987, he was awarded a “laurea honoris causa” from the Polish University Abroad of London. He is a Member of the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, Société Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered subm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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