Kazimierz Morawski (29 January 1852 – 25 August 1925) was a

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classical

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, translator, professor and rector of

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

, president of

Polish Academy of Learning The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning ( pl, Polska Akademia Umiejętności), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of scien ...

, and candidate for the

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. He was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award.

Biography

Kazimierz was the son of Kajetan Morawski and Józefa Łempicka, older brother of Zdzisław, publicist and lawyer. He attended the Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań, where among his teachers was

Edward Likowski Edward Likowski (26 October 1836 – 20 February 1915) was a Polish Catholic hierarch, who served as the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1914 until his death in 1915. Biography Likowski was born on 26 September 1836 in Wrzesnia ...

. From 1869 until 1874 he studied philology and history at

Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

(where one of the lecturers was

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...

), where he received his Ph.D. Then he was a teacher of Latin in one of Wrocław high schools. In 1878, after he received

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, Morawski started to work as a lecturer at the

. Since 1880 he was a professor at the university, in 1887 he was promoted to full professor. Since 1887 he was also a full 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 as a continuation of the ''Kraków Scientific Society'' (''Towarzystw ...

in Kraków. Between 1906 and 1907 he was a rector of the Jagiellonian University. He was the Vice-president of the Academy of Learning since 1917. In 1918, after Stanisław Tarnowski died, he was nominated for the President of the Academy. In the 1922 Polish presidential election he was an independent candidate supported by the National Party and other right-wing parties. He lost the election, receiving from members of the Polish parliament 77 votes less than

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, a PSL Piast politician. Morawski was awarded with many high rank distinctions, including

Order of the Iron Crown The Order of the Iron Crown ( it, link=no, Ordine della Corona Ferrea) was an order of merit that was established on 5 June 1805 in the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte under his title of Napoleon I, King of Italy. The order took its name ...

(3rd class), Order of the White Eagle and

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(commandeur). He died in 1925 and was buried at the

Rakowicki Cemetery Rakowicki Cemetery (English: ; pl, Cmentarz Rakowicki) is a historic necropolis and a cultural heritage monument located on 26 Rakowicka Street in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 ''Stare Miasto'' ...

in the family tomb.

References

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