Marian Biskup (December 19, 1922 – April 16, 2012) was a

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historian, author and academic, who specialized in the history of the Baltics, Pomerelia, Teutonic Order, Prussia,

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and Copernicus. He was a member of the International Commission for the study of the

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Biography

Biskup was born in Inowroclaw. He wrote on a number of historical subjects and particularly

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. Biskup was known for his work on the history of

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References

1922 births 2012 deaths People from Inowrocław 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers {{Poland-historian-stub