Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish historian. He was a law scholar and a science historian. He has contributed considerably on the subject of

Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic Church, Catholic cano ...

and has published several translations of his works. He was the Head of the Econometrics Department at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

until 1970. Later a residing professor in the

Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences The Institute for the History of Science was established in 1954 as an institution of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland. Overview The Institute is located in the Staszic Palace in the center of Warsaw, near the Copernicus monument. Among i ...

and a corresponding fellow of the

Medieval Academy of America The Medieval Academy of America (MAA; spelled Mediaeval until c. 1980) is the largest organization in the United States promoting the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy publishes ...

amongst others. Czartoryski took part in the

Polish Round Table The Polish Round Table Talks took place in Warsaw, Poland from 6 February to 5 April 1989. The government initiated talks with the banned trade union Solidarność and other opposition groups in an attempt to defuse growing social unrest. Histo ...

talks, where he was responsible for education. Czartoryski was the founder of the Polish

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Committee and is now its patron. The society awards about 20 scholarships a year. He was married to Veronica Poninska and had three children:

Witold Michał Czartoryski Witold may refer to: *Vytautas the Great (ca. 1350–1430), ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania *Witold (given name) Witold is a masculine Polish given name. This name derives from the Lithuanian “Vytautas” composed of two elements: “vyt ...

Irena Czartoryska The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organis ...

and

Maria Czartoryska Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

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1924 births 1999 deaths Pawel Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America Burials at Służew Old Cemetery {{poland-noble-stub