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Wiktor
Wiktor may refer to: * Andrzej Wiktor (1931–2018), Polish malacologist *Wiktor Andersson (1887–1966), Swedish film actor *Wiktor Balcarek (1915–1998), Polish chess player *Wiktor Biegański (1892–1974), Polish actor, film director and screenwriter *Wiktor Brillant (1877–1942), Polish pharmacist *Wiktor Chabel (born 1985), Polish rower *Wiktor Eckhaus (1930–2000), Polish–Dutch mathematician *Wiktor Jassem (1922–2016), Polish phonetician, philologist, linguist *Wiktor Gilewicz (1907–1948), Polish officer *Wiktor Grotowicz (1919–1985), Polish actor *Wiktor Komorowski (1887–1952), Polish pilot *Wiktor Litwiński, Polish politician *Wiktor Olecki (1909–1981), Polish cyclist *Wiktor Ormicki (1898–1941), Polish geographer and cartographer *Wiktor Poliszczuk (1925–2008), Polish-Ukrainian-Canadian politologist *Wiktor Zygmunt Przedpełski (1891–1941), Polish socialist and activist *Wiktor Sadowski (born 1956), Polish artist *Wiktor Suwara (born 1996), Polish athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wiktor
Andrzej Wiktor (1931–2018) was a Polish taxonomy (biology), taxonomist of terrestrial slugs. His considerable research output includes a number of comprehensive reviews that document the slug faunas of particular countries or revise the taxonomy of whole family (biology), families. He worked for almost all of his career at the Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław in Poland. Career Andrzej Hubert Wiktor was born 4 February 1931 in Nowa Wieś, Rzeszów County, Nowa Wieś, near Rzeszów, in south-east Poland. He studied biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań University and then at the University of Wrocław. After completing his doctorate in 1962 while employed at the Wrocław Medical University, the rest of his career was based at the Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, of which he became Director in 1980. He also held various other prestigious posts in the university and in other academic organisations (e.g. President of the :pl:Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Balcarek
Wiktor Balcarek (29 December 1915 – 30 August 1998) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1950. Chess career From 1949 to 1957 Wiktor Balcarek played six times in the Polish Chess Championship's finals, and in 1950 in Bielsko-Biała won the tournament. Multiple participated in Polish Team Chess Championship, where he played for the team of the Katowice and won one gold (1958), three silver (1957, 1959, 1973) and eight bronze medals (1946, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970). Wiktor Balcarek played for Poland in Chess Olympiads: * In 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ... (+1, =1, -5). References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balcarek, Wiktor 1915 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Jassem
Wiktor Jassem (June 11, 1922 – January 7, 2016) was a Polish phonetician, philologist, linguist, technical sciences professor, and honourable member of Polish Phonetic Association. He specialized in acoustic phonetics and conducted research on the production of sounds and the processes of understanding of the speech.Dafydd Gibbon, Daniel Hirst & Nick Campbell (Eds.), ''Rhythm, melody and harmony in speech: Studies in honour of Wiktor Jassem'' peech and Language Technology, 14/15(pp. 117-127). Poznań: Polskie Towarzystwo Fonetyczne, 2012. Biography Wiktor Jassem was born on June 11, 1922, in Kraków. During World War II he took part in underground education – as a student since he studied English and German languages, yet also as a professor of English language. He started his academic career at University of Wrocław in the lat 1940s, where he was a lecturer of English phonetics. In 1952, he moved out and began teaching at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Poliszczuk
Wiktor Poliszczuk (10 October 1925 in Dubno near Rivne – 17 November 2008 in Toronto) was a Polish-Ukrainian-Canadian (a Canadian citizen of Polish-Ukrainian descent) politologist specialising in the history of political thought, who wrote about the Polish-Ukrainian relations during World War II and issues relating to the emergence of Ukrainian nationalism in the 20th century resulting in a campaign of ethnic cleansing. Poliszczuk's work has been praised by several Ukrainian, Polish, Canadian, American,Timothy Snyder. (2001)“To Resolve the Ukrainian Question Once and For All”: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ukrainians in Poland, 1943-1947 and Ukrainian historians, but also acknowledged for his Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation effort.Magdalena Mazajczyk, Mateusz Raj-Chirowski "Wiktor Poliszczuk pośmiertnie udekorowany."Wiktor Poliszczuk posthumously awarded the medal of ''Polonia Mater Nostra Est''. Including photograph of award ceremony at the Warsaw Friendship House, April 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Wysoczański
Wiktor Wysoczański (born 24 March 1939, in Verkhnie Vysotske) is an Old Catholic bishop and the present Superior of the Polish Catholic Church. He became Superior in 1995, succeeding Bishop Tadeusz Majewski. As Superior, Wysoczański was chosen by the National Synod of the Church and consecrated by at least three bishops who are members of the International Conference of Old-Catholic Bishops (the Utrecht Union The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches, most commonly referred to by the short form Union of Utrecht, is a federation of Old Catholic Church, Old Catholic churches, nationally organized from schisms which rejected Roman Catholic doct ...). References 1939 births Living people People from Lviv Oblast Polish Old Catholic bishops Christian Peace Conference members {{bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Wiechaczek
Wiktor Wiechaczek (nom de guerre ''Oset''; 10 October 1879 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish soldier, who participated in the Silesian Uprisings. Born on 10 October 1879 in Ruda Śląska, Wiechaczek was a Polish patriot, living in Upper Silesia, which then belonged to Germany. In 1913 he took part in a strike in the ''Pawel'' coal mine, for which he was fired. After 1918, Wiechaczek actively participated in pro-Polish movement in Silesia, and together with Józef Trojok, he was one of leaders of the First Silesian Uprising. In 1921, he was a member of the Wawelberg Group (BTW the only one from Upper Silesia, all the other members were from Poland), and for his activities, Wiechaczek was awarded the Virtuti Militari cross, number 7840. Wiechaczek was arrested by the Germans on 3 May 1940, and transported to the Dachau concentration camp, and later to Oranienburg Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Geography Oranienburg is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Unander
Wiktor Axel Unander (18 December 1872 – 20 September 1967) was a Swedish Army officer who also served in the French Army in Algeria and in the Ottoman Army in the Balkans. He also served in the Swedish foreign service as diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt and as consul in Zagreb. Career Unander was born on 18 December 1872 in Yttertavle, Sweden, the son of secretary Ph.D. Ferdinand Unander and his wife Fanny (née Scharin). He passed ''studentexamen'' in Stockholm in 1892 and was commissioned as an officer in Västerbotten Regiment in 1894 with the rank of ''underlöjtnant''. Unander was promoted to Lieutenant in 1896 and attended the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1896 to 1897 and then the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1898 to 1900. He served in the French Army and in the 1st Zouave Regiment in Algeria from 1900 to 1902. He became Major 1st Class (''Binbashi'') in the Ottoman Army in 1903 and was employed in the staff of Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Tołkin
Wiktor Tołkin (February 21, 1922 in Tołkacze, Poland – May 7, 2013) was a Polish sculptor and architect. A member of the Armia Krajowa resistance during World War II; he was arrested by the Gestapo, and incarcerated at Auschwitz from November 17, 1942 to February 1944. During this period Tołkin survived a death march to Stalag at Sandbostel. Work Tołkin graduated from two universities, the Gdańsk Polytechnic, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, to become one of the more influential Polish artists of the 1960s. He is best known for his monumental sculptures built in memory of the victims of the German concentration camps in Stutthof and Majdanek. His most recognized works are abstract forms of colored concrete with expressive form, incorporating architectural design and elements. Leading works * Monument ''The Marrying of Poland with the Sea'' in Kolobrzeg, built November 30, 1963. * Monument ''Fight and Martyrdom'' in the Nazi concentration camp in Stutthof, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Szelągowski
Wiktor Szelągowski (1900–1935) was a Polish rower. Szelągowski attended gymnasium in Włocławek. Shortly after graduating he joined the army for the Polish–Soviet War. He was injured and was a prisoner of war for several months. After his recovery, he again followed his passion for sport and joined the Włocławek Rowing Association. He competed at a national level from 1925. For five continuous years from 1929 he was Polish national champion in the coxed pair with Henryk Grabowski as his rowing partner. He was also national vice-champion with Grabowski in the coxless pair. Szelągowski and Grabowski won two European bronze medals, first at the 1929 European Rowing Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland (with Gaworski as cox), and then at the 1932 European Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (with Henryk Kawalec as cox). Szelągowski retired from competitive rowing in 1933 due to declining health. He completed training at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Suwara
Wiktor Suwara (born 24 July 1996) is a Polish athlete. He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw .... References External links * 1996 births Living people Polish male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Łódź Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Poland 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Sadowski
Wiktor Sadowski is a Polish artist working in poster, illustration and painting. He was born in Oleandry, Poland in 1956. He graduated in 1981 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Tomaszewski's studio. Major awards *1984 - Gold Medal, IX/X International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (Poland) *1985 - Gold Medal, XI Biennale of Polish poster, Katowice (Poland) *1986 - 1st and 3rd Prizes, 2nd International Theater Poster Competition, Osnabruck (Germany) *1990 - International Association of Business Communicators/IABC/Award (USA) *1990 - 3rd Prize, Art Directors Club, 69th Annual Exhibition, New York, (USA) *1991 - 2nd Prize, 3rd International Theater Poster Competition, Osnabruck (Germany) *1994 - Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, New York (USA) See also *List of graphic designers *List of Polish painters *List of Polish graphic designers *Graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Zygmunt Przedpełski
Wiktor Zygmunt Przedpełski (born 2 or 3 June 1891, Krasne (Przasnysz County), died 5 August 1941, New York) was a Polish socialist and independence activist, member of the Sejm. Life In 1908 he passed his final exams at the Real School of Witold Wróbleski in Warsaw, after which he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the Lviv Polytechnic, where in 1924 he obtained the title of engineer. After 1907, Przedpełski belonged to the PPS-Left. In 1914 he was arrested in the Kingdom of Poland and deported to the Tobol Province. In the years 1917-1919 he was active in the Polish independence movement in Russia. In 1919, he returned from exile and fought as a volunteer in the Defense of Lwów, where he earned a number of military distinctions. In January 1920 he became the president of the board of the Brotherly Help ( Bratnia Pomoc) at the Polytechnic in Lviv. He co-organized the Polish Military Organization in Upper Silesia, and participated in the Silesian Uprisings. In 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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