Roman Vetulani (8 August 1849 – 12 August 1908) was a Polish high school professor, secretary of the
"Sokół" gymnastics organization chapter in
Sanok, honorary member of
Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej since 1898.
Biography
He was born in
Bochnia in 1849 as the son of a father of
Italian descent, Michał Vetulani, and a
Polish
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mother, Franciszka Śliwińska. Roman Vetulani graduated in
classical philology
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from
Lvov University
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
. He had six children:
Kazimierz
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(professor of Lvov University),
Zygmunt Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include:
Given name Medieval period
* Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Gr ...
(diplomat),
Tadeusz (professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in animal husbandry),
Adam
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(historian of medieval law and canonist, professor of Jagiellonian University), Maria, and Elżbieta (died in childhood). Roman Vetulani died on 12 August 1908 in
Zawoja
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, Poland. As his grandson
Jerzy
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People
...
said, he died in consequence of heart disease.
Family tree
References
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1849 births
1908 deaths
Polish educators
People from Bochnia
Polish people of Italian descent
University of Lviv alumni