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Alexander Chalmers ( pl, Aleksander Czamer; 1645–1703), born in
Dyce Dyce ( gd, Deis) is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated on the River Don about northwest of the city centre. It is best known as the location of Aberdeen Airport. History Dyce is the site of an early medieval church dedicated to the 8 ...
, Grampian, Scotland, was a Scottish resident of the
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city of
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in the 17th Century. He served as a judge in the city and was four times mayor in 1691, 1694, 1696 and 1702, He is commemorated by a plaque erected in his honour on his former house at the corner of Wąski and Szeroki Dunaj (now housing the Leathercraft Museum). He arrived in Poland around 1676 and died in 1703.


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Scottish emigrants to Poland 1645 births 1703 deaths Mayors of Warsaw Politicians from Aberdeen 16th-century Scottish people 16th-century Polish people {{Scotland-bio-stub