Henryk Wisner (born 25 August 1936 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 ...

) is a Polish historian and academic. In 1962 he graduated from the

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 ...

with a degree in history. In the following years, he was affiliated with the Department of History at the University of Warsaw, where he received his doctoral degree on June 13, 1967, and his postdoctoral degree on January 11, 1972. On March 28, 1987, he was awarded the title of professor. And on December 1, 1994, the title of full professor. For many years he has been an employee of the Institute of History of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

, and a member of the Lituanist Committee. He specializes in modern Polish history, and is an expert on the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of the

Vasa dynasty The House of Vasa or Wasa Georg Starbäck in ''Berättelser ur Sweriges Medeltid, Tredje Bandet'' pp 264, 275, 278, 291–296 & 321 ( sv, Vasaätten, pl, Wazowie, lt, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its mem ...

(especially Lithuania in the period 1587–1648).

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