Zygmunt Wojciechowski
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Zygmunt Wojciechowski (1900-1955) was a Polish historian of state and law.
He was a professor of Poznan University since 1929,, member of Polish Academy of Skills (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, PAU) since 1945, and member of Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) since 1952.
Zygmunt Wjciechowski was one of the main ideologists of the Great Poland Camp (Obóz Wielkiej Polski, OWP) since 1934, in the times the German occupation of Poland, during World War II, he was a professor of the underground Western Lands University (Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich).
He was the founder of the Western Institute (Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań and its first director in years 1945-1955. He was also the founder (1945) and editor-in-chief of the Western Review (Przegląd Zachodni). Also the editor-in-chief of Magazine of Law and History (Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, 1948–52).
Publications:
- Polska nad Wisłą i Odrą w 10 wieku, 1939 (=Poland on the Vistula and Oder rivers in the 10th century);
- Zygmunt Stary... 1946, (=Sigismund the Old);
- Państwo polskie w wiekach średnich. Dzieje ustroju, 1945 (=Polish State in the Middle Ages);
- Studia historyczne 1955 (=The historical studies)
Categories: Polish historians | Poznan | PAU | PAN | 1900 births | 1955 deaths