Stanisław Józef Srokowski (8 July 1872 in Węgrzce - 20 August 1950 in

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) was a Polish geographer and diplomat. Srokowski joined the Polish diplomatic service in 1920 and became the Polish Consul at

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and

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. In 1923-1924 he was the Voivode of the Wołyń Voivodeship and became the Director of the Polish Baltic Institute at

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in 1926. Srokowski was also a professor at the

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prior to

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and President of the Polish Geographical Society. In 1946-1950 he was the head of the Polish Committee for Settling of Place Names (Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości), which determined the names of towns and villages in the territories that became again part of Poland after World War II. Srokowski died in 1950, the village of Dryfort was renamed ''Srokowo'' in his memory.

Publications

* ''Geografia gospodarcza Polski'' Warszawa 1939 Wyd. Instytut Społeczny * ''Geografia gospodarcza ogólna'' Warszawa 1950 Wyd. Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych * ''Z dni zawieruchy dziejowej: 1914-1918'' Kraków 1932, Nakładem Księgarni Geograficznej "Orbis" * ''Prusy Wschodnie. Studium Geograficzne, Gospodarcze i Społeczne'' Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń 1945, Wyd. Biuro Ziem Zachodnich przy Ministerstwie Administracji Publicznej * ''Prusy Wschodnie'' Warszawa 1947, Wyd. Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych * ''Z krainy Czarnego Krzyża'', Olsztyn 1980 Wyd. Pojezierze * ''Czesi: szkic kulturalno-obyczajowy'' Kraków 1898 Wyd. Hoesicka * ''Wspomnienia z trzeciego powstania górnośląskiego 1921 r.'' Poznań 1926 Wyd. Związek Obrony Kresów Zachodnich, * '' Zarys geografii fizycznej ziem polsko-litewsko-ruskich'' Kijów 1918, Wyd. Rady Okręgowej * ''Uwagi o kresach wschodnich'' Kraków 1925 * ''Pomorze Zachodnie'' Gdańsk 1947 Wyd. Instytut Bałtycki

References

* Małgorzata Szostakowska, ''Stanisław Srokowski (1872-1950) – polityk, dyplomata, geograf.'' Olsztyn 1999; * Sławomir Augusiewicz, Janusz Jasiński, Tadeusz Oracki, ''Wybitni Polacy w Królewcu. XVI-XX wiek'', Olsztyn, Littera, 2005, {{DEFAULTSORT:Srokowski, Stanislaw 1872 births 1950 deaths People from Kraków County People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish diplomats Polish geographers Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Clan of Jastrzębiec Voivodes of Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta