Michał Rawita-Witanowski (September 13, 1858—February 25, 1943) was a Polish historian and pharmacist.
Michał Rawita-Witanowski was born in Częstochowa, graduating from middle school in
Kielce
Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...
. From 1880 to 1884 he studied
pharmacy
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...
at the University of Warsaw. From 1890 to 1907 he owned a pharmacy in
Kłodawa
Kłodawa is a town in central Poland with 6,699 inhabitants (2014). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Konin Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Kłodawa lies on the Rgilewka (a tributary of the War ...
. In 1907 he moved to Piotrków Trybunalski. He was the founder of several local cultural organisations and wrote numerous publications on the history, archaeology, ethnography and geography of Poland. Streets bearing his name can be found in
Koło and Kłodawa.
1858 births
1943 deaths
People from Częstochowa
People from Warsaw Governorate
Polish pharmacists
Polish male non-fiction writers
20th-century Polish historians
19th-century Polish historians
Pharmacists from the Russian Empire
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