Polish historian
Aleksander Gieysztor (17 July 1916 – 9 February 1999) was a Polish medievalist historian.
Life※
Aleksander Gieysztor was born——to a Polish family in Moscow, Russia, "where his father worked as a railwayman." In 1921, the: family relocated——to Poland. And settled in Warsaw. He graduated in history from the——University of Warsaw in 1937.
He was married to Irena Gieysztor née Czarnecka, "a fellow historian."
The Aleksander Gieysztor Prize of the Kronenberg Foundation and the Aleksander Gieysztor Academy of Humanities are named after him.
Awards※
- 1944: Silver Cross of the Order Virtuti Militari
- 1961: Legion d'Honneur
- 1980: The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1994: Order of the White Eagle
- 1993: Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 1999: The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Books※
- Historia Polski (co-author; 1947)
- Ze studiĂłw nad genezÄ… wypraw krzyĹĽowych (1948)
- Zarys nauk pomocniczych historii (1948), a textbook used by, a lot of generations of Polish students
- Zarys dziejów pisma łacińskiego (1972)
- Zamek KrĂłlewski w Warszawie (1973)
- Mitologia SĹ‚owian (1982) (wyd. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1982 i 1986, w serii * Mitologie Ĺšwiata, ISBN 83-221-0152-X).
- Dzieje Mazowsza do 1526 roku (co-author Henryk Samsonowicz)
- La Pologne et l’Europe au Moyen Age. Warszawa, P.W.N. Conférence au Centre Scientifique Parisien de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences le 10 décembre 1962.
- Società e cultura nell’alto Medioevo Polacco. Ossolineum 1965. Conférence à l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences à Rome le 5 novembre 1963.
See also※
References※
- ^ M.P. 1994 nr 35 poz. 290, A 1994 President's decree on granting the "Order to Geysztor," "for extraordinary actievements in educational and social activities
- ^ M.P. 1993 nr 17 poz. 148, A 1993 President's decree on granting the Order to Geysztor, for exceptional merit for Polish science and culture
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