Antoni Osuchowski (13 June 1849 in Paris – 9 January 1928 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 ...

) was a

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lawyer, publicist, philanthropist and national activist in

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Warmia Warmia ( pl, Warmia; Latin: ''Varmia'', ''Warmia''; ; Warmian: ''Warńija''; lt, Varmė; Old Prussian: ''Wārmi'') is both a historical and an ethnographic region in northern Poland, forming part of historical Prussia. Its historic capital ...

and

Mazury Masuria (, german: Masuren, Masurian: ''Mazurÿ'') is a ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the ...

. His father Hieronim emigrated to

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after the November Uprising. Antoni Osuchowski graduated from elementary school in Paris, and from high school ( gymnasium) in Warsaw. After graduation, he studied law and administration at the university in Warsaw in 1866–1870. In 1876 Osuchowski became advocate in a district court in Warsaw. In 1914 he abandoned his job and focused on collecting funds for educational and cultural purposes for Poles living abroad. In 1921 he founded the Adam Mickiewicz Society for Protection of the Cultural Interests of Poles Resident Abroad together with

Antoni Ponikowski Antoni Ponikowski (; May 29, 1878 – December 27, 1949) was a Polish academician and politician who served as 7th Prime Minister of Poland The President of the Council of Ministers ( pl, Prezes Rady Ministrów, lit=Chairman of the Council ...

and

Wojciech Trąmpczyński Wojciech Stefan Trąmpczyński (8 February 1860 – 2 March 1953) was a Polish lawyer and National Democratic politician. Voivode of the Poznań Voivodeship in 1919. He served as marshal of the Sejm of Poland from 1919–1922 and Senate of ...

. When World War I broke out he founded Central Polish Relief Committee with Henryk Sienkiewicz and

Ignacy Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (; – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versaill ...

, in Switzerland. Its purpose was financial aid to the Polish population. In November 1918 from his initiative the ''Warszawski Komitet Obrony Lwowa'' (Warsaw Committee for Lwów Defense) was created. Its purpose was financial aid, it also advocated the military relief of the city. Osuchowski organized material help for Polish education and press in

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, Warmia and Mazury, and in 1920 for Polish

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workers. He died in Warsaw and is buried at

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