Stanisław Kętrzyński (; 10 September 1878 in Lwów,

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– 26 May 1950 in

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) was a Polish historian, diplomat and freemason. He was the son of Polish historian

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. During the

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Stanisław Kętrzyński was a prisoner in the

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Auschwitz concentration camp. Among his students were Stanisław Arnold,

Aleksander Gieysztor Aleksander Gieysztor (17 July 1916 – 9 February 1999) was a Polish medievalist historian. Life Aleksander Gieysztor was born to a Polish family in Moscow, Russia, where his father worked as a railwayman. In 1921, the family relocated to Po ...

, Jadwiga Karwasińska and Adam Wolff.''Biogramy uczonych polskich'', część I: ''Nauki społeczne'', zeszyt 2: ''K-O'', (red.) A. Śródka i P. Szczawiński, Wrocław 1984, p. 49-53.

Works

* '' Gall-Anonim i jego kronika'' (1898) * ''O rzekomej wyprawie Władysława Hermana na Szczecin'' (1899) * ''O paliuszu biskupów polskich XI wieku'' (1902) * ''O zaginionym żywocie św. Wojciecha'' (1902) * ''Ze studiów nad Gerwazym z Tilbury'' (1903) * ''O Astryku Anastazym'' (1906) * ''Uwagi i przyczynki nad kancelaryą koronną Kazimierza Jagiellończyka'' (1912) * ''O datach tzw. niejednolitych w dokumentach polskich'' (1927) * ''Do genezy kanclerstwa koronnego'' (1929) * ''Uwagi o pieczęciach Władysława Łokietka i Kazimierza Wielkiego'' (1929) * ''Na marginesie "Genealogii Piastów" O. Balzera'' (1931) * ''Zarys nauki o dokumencie polskim wieków średnich'' (1934) * ''Ze studiów genealogicznych'' (1934) * ''O zaginionej metropolii czasów Bolesława Chrobrego'' (1947) * ''Polska X-XI wieku'' (1961, editor

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1878 births 1950 deaths Ambassadors of Poland to Russia 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Diplomats of the Second Polish Republic Polish people of German descent Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Writers from Lviv Diplomats from Lviv {{Poland-historian-stub