Kazimierz Lutosławski (; 4 March 1880,

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- 5 January 1924, Drozdowo,

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) was a Polish physician, priest and

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founder and activist. He designed the

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(Polish Scouting Cross). Kazimierz was born in 1880 at an estate in Drozdowo northeast of Warsaw to a Polish family of

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Franciszek Dionizy Lutosławski and his second wife Paulina ''

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'' Szczygielska, highly educated members of the landed gentry. Kazimierz became one of Franciszek's six notable sons. He received doctorate in medicine in

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, Switzerland. Kazimierz was the fifth son of Franciszek. His older brother

Marian Lutosławski Marian Lutosławski (1871 – 5 September 1918) was a Polish mechanical engineer and inventor born during the foreign partitions of Poland. He studied at the Technical University in Riga, then also part of Russia, and obtained a diploma in electric ...

, famous inventor and humanitarian, was murdered by the Bolsheviks near Moscow together with his other brother Józef Lutosławski, the father of composer

Witold Lutosławski Witold Roman Lutosławski (; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szyman ...

. Witold was Kazimierz Lutosławski's nephew. Historian Paul Brykczynsk described Lutosławski as a sophisticated parliamentary, prolific writer, spirited street orator and rabid

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who advocated in his writings and speeches for a "Polish majority" in Poland.Primed for Violence: Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland
Paul Brykczynski, University of Wisconsin Press, page 25

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lutoslawski, Kazimierz 1880 births 1924 deaths People from Łomża County 20th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Polish physicians National-Democratic Party (Poland) politicians Popular National Union politicians National League (Poland) members Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" members Polish Scouts and Guides Scouting pioneers Antisemitism in Poland University of Zurich alumni