Ludwik Je̜drzej Gorzkowski (1811–1857) was a

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politician, physicist and revolutionary activist, one of the organizers of the Kraków uprising, during which he was a member of the newly formed Polish National Government alongside

Jan Tyssowski Jan Józef Tyssowski (March 8, 1811 – April 5, 1857), born in Tarnów, Poland, was the self-proclaimed Dictator of the Republic of Kraków during the failed 1846 uprising. He was a Polish intellectual and activist during Poland's rebellions ...

and .

Life

Gorzkowski was born in Kraków. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Kraków and received his doctorate in 1835. A physicist by profession, he cooperated with the of the Polish Democratic Society, and maintained contacts with

Edward Dembowski Edward Dembowski (25 April or 31 May 1822 – 27 February 1846) was a Polish philosopher, literary critic, journalist, and leftist independence activist."Dembowski, Edward," ''Encyklopedia Polski'' (Encyclopedia of Poland), p. 128. Life Edward De ...

. He co-authored the plan of the Kraków uprising in 1846 and the project of the composition of the provisional Polish National Government, in which he was to represent the

Free City of Cracow The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory, more commonly known as the Free City of Cracow, and the Republic of Cracow, was a city republic created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which included the Polish ...

. After the arrests of the conspirators in Greater Poland, he did not give up plans for the uprising and joined the National Government together with Jan Tyssowski, Aleksander Grzegorzewski and .

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1811 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Polish politicians Date of death missing Place of death missing 19th-century Polish physicists Polish revolutionaries Politicians from Kraków {{Poland-poli-stub