Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-
November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration
The Great Emigration ( pl, Wielka Emigracja) was the emigration of thousands of Poles and Lithuanians, particularly from the political and cultural élites, from 1831 to 1870, after the failure of the November Uprising of 1830–1831 and of ot ...
.
Life
Chodźko was educated at the
University of Vilnius
Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...
, where he was a member of the
Philomath
A philomath () is a lover of learning and studying. The term is from Greek (; "beloved", "loving", as in philosophy or philanthropy) and , (, ; "to learn", as in polymath). Philomathy is similar to, but distinguished from, philosophy in that ...
s, a secret organization established in 1816 by Vilnius University students including
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...
,
Tomasz Zan
Tomasz Zan (21 December 1796 Miasata, Vileysky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) – 19 July 1855 Kakoŭčyna, Orsha, Russian Empire), was a Polish and Belarusian poet and activist.
Biography
He was born on 21 December 179 ...
and
Józef Jeżowski.
["''Filomaci''," '']Encyklopedia Polski
This is a list of encyclopedias by language.
Albanian
Encyclopedias written in Albanian.
* '' Albanian Encyclopedic Dictionary'' ( sq, Fjalori Enciklopedik Shqiptar): published by Academy of Sciences of Albania;
** First Edition (1985; ''FESH'') ...
'', p. 164.
From 1826 he lived in Paris. During France's
July 1830 Revolution, he served as
aide-de-camp to General
La Fayette.
Works
* ''Histoire des légions polonaises en Italie'' (1829)
* ''Histoire populaire de la Pologne'' (1863)
* ''Les Polonais en Italie'' (1829)
* ''Tableau de la Pologne ancienne et moderne sous le rapport géographique, statistique, géologique etc.'' (1830)
* ''Histoire politique de la Lituanie, depuis la réunion de la Pologne en 1386, jusqu’à son insurrection en 1831'' (1831)
* ''Biographie du géneral Kościuszko'' (1837)
* ''Massacres de Galicie et Cracovie confisquée par l'Autriche en 1846'' (1861)
* ''Un évêque polonais, le métropolitain Kazimir Gaspard Colonna Cieciszewski et son temps (1745-1831)'' (1866)
* ''Recueil des traités, conventions, actes diplomatiques etc. relatifs à la Pologne, de 1762 á 1862.''
* ''Notice biographique sur Joachim Lelewel ; Paris, 1834''
* Le Congrès de Vienne et les traités de 1815, précédés et suivis des actes diplomatiques qui s'y rattachent ; 1863 / 1864 ; éditeur : Amyot ; Paris ; 4 vol.
See also
*
Léonard Chodzko (French Wikipedia)
*
Polish Museum, Rapperswil
The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the ...
Notes
External links
*
Blog Chodźko, Jakob Leonard Borejko
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1871 deaths
1800 births
People from Maladzyechna District
People from Oshmyansky Uyezd
19th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
Polish geographers
Polish publishers (people)
Polish cartographers
Activists of the Great Emigration
Vilnius University alumni