Lech Trzeciakowski (24 December 1931 – 7 January 2017) was a Polish

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

who served as director of the

Western Institute The Western Institute in Poznań (Polish: ''Instytut Zachodni'', German ''West-Institut'', French: ''L'Institut Occidental'') is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie (including Greater Polan ...

(''Instytut Zachodni'') in Poznań from 1974 to 1978. Born in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

, he also died there in 2017.Zmarł historyk prof. Lech Trzeciakowski

Selected publications

*Lech Trzeciakowski, ''Kulturkampf w zaborze pruskim'', Poznań 1970 *Lech Trzeciakowski, ''Pod pruskim zaborem 1850-1914'', Warszawa 1973 *Lech Trzeciakowski, ''Walka o polskość miast Poznańskiego na przełomie XIX i XX wieku'', Poznań 1964 *Lech Trzeciakowski, ''W dziewiętnastowiecznym Poznaniu'', Poznań 1987

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References

Nauka PolskaHerder Instytut, Bibliography
1931 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Writers from Poznań People from Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) Herder Prize recipients {{Poland-historian-stub