Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-
November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration
The Great Emigration () was the emigration of thousands of Poles and Lithuanians, particularly from the political and cultural élites, from 1831 to 1870, after the failure of the November Uprising of 1830–1831 and of other uprisings such as ...
.
Life
He was born on November 6, 1800, in Oborek, as the son of the nobleman and Waleria née Dederko.
Chodźko was educated at the
University of Vilnius
Vilnius University (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a Public university, public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher e ...
, where he was a member of the
Philomaths, a secret organization established in 1816 by Vilnius University students including
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...
,
Tomasz Zan
Tomasz Zan (; 21 December 1796 – 19 July 1855) was a Polish poet and activist. Zan played a significant role in the cultural and literary movements of his time, advocating for the preservation and promotion of Polish culture. Zan's poetry touch ...
and
Józef Jeżowski.
["''Filomaci''," '']Encyklopedia Polski
This is a list of encyclopedias by language.
Albanian
Encyclopedias written in Albanian.
* '' Albanian Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (): published by Academy of Sciences of Albania;
** First Edition (1985; ''FESH'')
** New Edition (2008/09; ''Botim ...
'', p. 164.
From 1826 he lived in Paris. During France's
July 1830 Revolution, he served as
aide-de-camp to General
La Fayette.
Around 1810, he married Olimpia Maleszewska, the daughter of the Polish economist , who in turn was the natural son of
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.
Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (''opat tyniecki i czerwinski''), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (''koadiutor krakowski'') from 17 ...
, the Primate of Poland and the brother of King Stanisław August Poniatowski.
Olimpia's mother was Jeanne Venture de Paradis, known as "the Egyptian," the daughter of the French orientalist
Jean Michel de Venture de Paradis.
Leonard and Olimpia had no offspring.
Works
* ''Histoire des légions polonaises en Italie'' (1829)
* ''Histoire populaire de la Pologne'' (1863)
* ''Les Polonais en Italie'' (1829)
* ''Tableau de la Pologne ancienne et moderne sous le rapport géographique, statistique, géologique etc.'' (1830)
* ''Histoire politique de la Lituanie, depuis la réunion de la Pologne en 1386, jusqu’à son insurrection en 1831'' (1831)
* ''Biographie du géneral Kościuszko'' (1837)
* ''Massacres de Galicie et Cracovie confisquée par l'Autriche en 1846'' (1861)
* ''Un évêque polonais, le métropolitain Kazimir Gaspard Colonna Cieciszewski et son temps (1745-1831)'' (1866)
* ''Recueil des traités, conventions, actes diplomatiques etc. relatifs à la Pologne, de 1762 á 1862.''
* ''Notice biographique sur Joachim Lelewel ; Paris, 1834''
* Le Congrès de Vienne et les traités de 1815, précédés et suivis des actes diplomatiques qui s'y rattachent ; 1863 / 1864 ; éditeur : Amyot ; Paris ; 4 vol.
See also
*
Polish Museum, Rapperswil
The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Poland, Polish Count Władysław Plater, Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dis ...
Notes
External links
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Blog Chodźko, Jakob Leonard Borejko
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1871 deaths
1800 births
People from Maladzyechna district
People from Oshmyansky Uyezd
19th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
Polish geographers
Polish publishers (people)
Polish cartographers
Activists of the Great Emigration
Vilnius University alumni
Scholars from the Russian Empire
Polish archivists