User:Karol739/Wincenty Styczyński
Wincenty Styczyński | |
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| Born | December 5, 1872 |
| Died | April 18, 1922 (aged 49) |
| Burial place | Saint Wojciech's Church Cemetery, Poznań |
Wincenty Styczyński (born December 12, 1872, died April 18, 1922) was a Polish national activist and doctor. From 1919 to 1922 he was a member of Gliwice city council, where he was a leader of pro-Polish fraction.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]He was a son of a teacher from Śrem, Wincenty Styczyński and his wife Modesta.[4] He graduated from Śrem Gymnasium[2], where in 1893 he passed Matura exam.[4] After graduating in 1899 from Wrocław Medical University,[2][5] he started working as a doctor in Górny Śląsk. Since 1901 he was a member of Bank Ludowy (People's Bank) in Gliwice and Towarzystwo Czytelni Ludowych (People Athenaeums' Association), he also co-funded Towarzystwo Lekarzy Polaków na Śląsku (Silesian Polish Doctors' Association). He was a chairman of Polish election comitee for Reichstag.[6] In 1914, he was arrested and was unvolountarily conscripted to German army.[2]
In 1919, he became a member of Gliwice town council, where he was a leader of pro-Polish fraction. In 1920 he became an activist in Polski Komisariat Plebiscytowy.[2] During the Silesian Uprisings, he helped to treat the wounded.[7]
In 1923, he was killed by a German raider. After moving his corpses to Poznań, a service was held by his brother, Tadeusz Styczyński. On April 25, 1922, he was buried in Saint Wojciech's Church Cemetery, Poznań.[8][9]
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Funeral of Wincenty Styczyński (1922) -
Wincenty Styczyński's grave
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References
[edit]- ^ Adam Podsiadły, Ewa Bąk, ed. (2008). "Słownik biograficzny Śremu". Śrem: Biblioteka Publiczna Miasta i Gminy im. H. Święcickiego. p. 315-316. ISBN 978-83-916617-8-9. OCLC 297709006.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Wincenty Styczyński (1872-1922)". Muzeum w Gliwicach (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Polski Słownik Biograficzny (2008). Styczyński Wincenty (1872-1922), lekarz, działacz narodowy na Górnym Śląsku (in Polish). Vol. XLV/2 (185). Warsaw.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "Styczyński – Gliwicki Leksykon Historyczny" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ J. Smereka, Polacy na studiach lekarskich we Wrocławiu w latach 1811-1918, Wrocław 1979, s. 94, 98.
- ^ A. Szefer, J. Antosz, Gliwice, zarys rozwoju miasta i okolic, Warszawa 1976, s. 7, 8.
- ^ F. Hawranek, Encyklopedia powstań śląskich, Opole 1982, s. 97, 139, 536.
- ^ "Nowe łotrowstwa Niemców na Górnym Śląsku". Nowości Illustrowane. Nr 18: 2-4. 6 May 1922.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "Wincenty Styczyński". poznan.pl. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
Bibliography
[edit]- Styczyński Wincenty (1872-1922), lekarz, działacz narodowy na Górnym Śląsku, [w:] Polski Słownik Biograficzny, Tom XLV/2, zeszyt 185, Warszawa 2008.