Andrzej Zahorski (July 15, 1923 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

– December 15, 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

, professor of

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

, researcher of

history of Poland The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, ...

in the 18th century, history of Warsaw and general history of

Napoleonic era The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative ...

. He was the chairman of the

Polish Historical Society Polish Historical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, PTH) is a Polish professional scientific society for historians. History Founded in 1886 in Lwów by Ksawery Liske as a local society, in 1926 it became the Poland-wide organization ...

from 1982 to 1988.

Notable works

* ''Stanisław August polityk'' (1959) * ''Paryż lat rewolucji i Napoleona'' (1964) * ''Warszawa za Sasów i Stanisława Augusta'' (1970) * ''Historia Warszawy'' (with Marian Drozdowski; ed. Stanisław Herbst) (1972) * ''Spór o Napoleona we Francji i w Polsce'' (1974) * ''Napoleon'' (1982) * ''Spór o Stanisława Augusta'' (1988)

References

* * 1923 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers {{Poland-historian-stub