Karol Aleksander Boromeusz Hoffman (1798 – 6 July 1875) was a Polish political writer, historian, lawyer and publisher.

Biography

From 1828 he was a counselor, and from 1830 one of the directors of Bank Polski. In the years 1828–1830, together with Marceli Tarczewski, he published the legal magazine ''Themis Polska'' 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 official ...

. In 1829 he married Klementyna Tańska. He participated in the

November uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in ...

, and after its fall he

settled A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer. Settl ...

in Paris in 1832. In the exile, he belonged to

Hôtel Lambert The Hôtel Lambert () is a ''hôtel particulier,'' a grand mansion townhouse, on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. In the 19th century, the name ''Hôtel Lambert'' also came to designat ...

, the monarchist conservative-liberal party of Prince

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

. From 1837 until 1839 he edited ''The Chronicle of Polish Emigration''. After the death of Klementyna, he married Matylda Dunin-Wąsowicz. In 1848 he moved to

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, from where he wrote correspondence to Krakow's daily ''Time'' (''Czas''), and was a member of the Polish Emigration Committee (Komitet Emigracji Polskiej). In 1869

Poznań Society of Friends of Learning The Poznań Society for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences ( pl, Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, ''PTPN'') is a learned society in Poznań, Poland, established in 1857, of scholars and scientists in all branches of learning. It has ...

awarded him with an honorary membership. From 1873, he was also a correspondent member of the

Academy of Learning Academy of Learning ( pl, Akademia Umiejętności; AU) was a primary Polish scientific institution during the annexation of Poland established in 1871. It was founded in Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the ol ...

Works

He published works on the November Uprising and a collection of materials about the Great Emigration, especially valued by several historians: ''Polish Vademecum'' (1839). In his historical works, he opposed democratic-republican contemporaries. He saw the specifics of the Polish historical process in the underdevelopment of cities and the weakness of royal power. * ''Wielki tydzień Polaków'' (''The Great Week of Poles'', 1830, new issue 1915, translated into German, French and Swedish) * ''Rzut oka na stan polityczny Królestwa Polskiego od 1815 do 1830'' (''A Glance at the Political State of the Kingdom of Poland from 1815 to 1830'', 1831) * ''Cztery powstania'' (''The Four Insurrections'', 1837) * ''Król wygnaniec'' (''King of the Exile'', about

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicization, Anglicized and Latinisation of names, Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland ...

, 1854, second edition 1861) * ''Historia reform politycznych w dawnej Polsce'' (''The History of Political Reforms in Old Poland'', 1867 and 1869) * ''O panslawizmie zachodnim'' (''On the Western Pan-Slavism'', 1868) * ''O rządzie skarbu publicznego w dawnej Polsce'' (''On Managing Public Treasury in Old Poland'') * ''Obraz rządu i prawodawstwa dawnej Polski'' (''An Image of the Government and Legislation of Old Poland'') * ''Upadek domu Sobieskich'' (''The Fall of the House Sobieski'') * ''Przyczyny podziału monarchii polskiej po Bolesławie Krzywoustym'' (''The Reasons for the Division of the Polish Monarchy after Bolesław Krzywousty'') Source

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Karol 19th-century Polish lawyers Lawyers from Warsaw Polish political writers 19th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish publishers (people) November Uprising participants Writers from Warsaw Members of the Polish Academy of Learning 1798 births 1875 deaths