Stefan Kieniewicz
Stefan Kieniewicz (20 September 1907, in Dereszewicze – 2 May 1992, in Konstancin) was a Polish historian and university professor, notable for his works on the 19th-century history of Poland. During his work at various universities he became the tutor of several generations of Polish historians and his views on the last two centuries of Poland's history remain influential in modern scholarly works.
Life
Stefan Kieniewicz was born on 20 September 1907 in his family's manor in the village of Dereszewicze in
Spring of Nations (published in 1935) and a biography of Adam Sapieha
(published in 1939).
After the outbreak of
Lublin University, Kieniewicz died on 2 May 1992 in Konstancin near Warsaw, and was buried at Powązki Cemetery
.
His son, Jan Kieniewicz (born 1938), is an emeritus humanities professor, specialist in Iberian studies and former Polish ambassador to Spain.
See also
- List of Poles
References
- (in Polish) Kto jest kim w Polsce. Informator biograficzny, edycja 2, Warszawa 1989
- (in Polish) Elżbieta Orman: Wnuk powstania styczniowego w: Polityka - nr 38 (2621)/2007, s. 105
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |
