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Dr Jerzy Teofil Szews (1925–2016) nauczyciel akademicki, biografista, badacz dziejów oświaty i wychowania Pomorza Gdańskiego

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Żerko J.

Biuletyn Historii Wychowania

2016

issue 34

135-144

Jerzy Teofil Szews, Ph.D. (1925-2016): a university professor, a biographer, a historian studying education and upbringing in Gdansk Pomerania Jerzy Teofil Szews, Ph.D., was born in Gniezno in 1925. After studies at the Poznań University he worked as a teacher in secondary pedagogical schools in Szklarska Poreba, Lebork, and Wejherowo. Following his academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1967 from the Pedagogical University in Gdansk, he was a professor at the Pedagogical University and the University of Gdansk. He was an eminent biographer, a researcher of ‘the unknown history’ concerning Germanisation of the Polish youth in West Prussia’s secondary schools. He also studied the history of the Philomath Society (a secret Polish student organization operating in the early 19th century in Vilnius under Russian occupation), the beginnings of the secret scouting movement in the Pomerania-upon-Vistula Region (an area south of Gdansk, including Bydgoszcz and Torun), and the history of education and upbringing in Gdansk Pomerania. He wrote 11 books and hundreds of articles.

Adam Stefan Zamoyski – krzewiciel polskich tradycji i wartości patriotycznych

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Steffek Ż.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

2019

207-213

The article presents dr Adam Stefan Zamoyski, a known historian, biographer, author of many books and articles about Polish and European history. Two major bestsellers are the history of Poland: je Polish Way and 1812. Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow and its sequel Rites of Peace. His books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Persian as well as into most of the European languages. His comprehensive history of Poland, je Polish Way, not only featured in the best-seller lists for several weeks when it came out in 1987, but has never been out of print since. Zamoyski has also contributed to all the major British papers and periodicals, as well as lecturing widely in England, Europe and the United States. Alongside his professional activities, Adam Zamoyski has always been profoundly concerned with cultural heritage, its preservation and popularisation. He has worked on a number of projects, including the restoration and revaluation of the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków. Adam Zamoyski is a member of many charities, e.g. Polish Association of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Malta. In 1991 he established the Foundation of St John of Jerusalem in Warsaw, the rst charitable organ of the Order of Malta in Poland. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2012 Adam Stefan Zamoyski received the honorary doctorate of the Polish University Abroad in London.

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Dr Jerzy Teofil Szews (1925–2016) nauczyciel akademicki, biografista, badacz dziejów oświaty i wychowania Pomorza Gdańskiego

Adam Stefan Zamoyski – krzewiciel polskich tradycji i wartości patriotycznych