Seweryn Wysłouch
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Seweryn Wysłouch was an influential legal historian and vice-rector of Wrocław University.
(Polesie, Poland), the Wysłouch
family manor. In 1927 he graduated from the School of Law and Social Sciences of the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius
and began to work there as an academic. His career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but he continued it from 1945 at the University of Wrocław as a professor. During the years of 1947 to 1952 he was the vice-rector (vice-chancellor
) of the university and from 1956 to 1958 he headed its School of Law
Seweryn was equally involved in numerous initiatives outside of the university. During the inter-war period he was a member of the Senior Ramblers Club (Klub Włóczęgów Seniorów), a small, influential academic society linked to Marshal Józef Piłsudski and his government. In 1948 he took part in the organisation of the Regained Territories Exhibition and from 1949 to 1953 he presided over the Wrocław branch of the Western Institute
, a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland. Wysłouch co-founded the Silesian Institute in Opole and was its president from 1957 to 1960.
Biography
Seweryn was born in Pirkowicze near DrohiczynDrohiczyn
Drohiczyn is a small historic town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The town with population 2,110 is situated on a bank of the Bug River.- History :...
(Polesie, Poland), the Wysłouch
Wysłouch
Wysłouch is the name of a Lithuanian-Polish aristocratic family. It traces its lineage back to 1385, when alongside with other major Lithuanian noble clans its forbears were admitted to the ranks of Polish nobility...
family manor. In 1927 he graduated from the School of Law and Social Sciences of the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
and began to work there as an academic. His career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but he continued it from 1945 at the University of Wrocław as a professor. During the years of 1947 to 1952 he was the vice-rector (vice-chancellor
Chancellor (education)
A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
) of the university and from 1956 to 1958 he headed its School of Law
Seweryn was equally involved in numerous initiatives outside of the university. During the inter-war period he was a member of the Senior Ramblers Club (Klub Włóczęgów Seniorów), a small, influential academic society linked to Marshal Józef Piłsudski and his government. In 1948 he took part in the organisation of the Regained Territories Exhibition and from 1949 to 1953 he presided over the Wrocław branch of the Western Institute
Western Institute
The Western Institute in Poznań is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie , history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.Established by...
, a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland. Wysłouch co-founded the Silesian Institute in Opole and was its president from 1957 to 1960.
Selected works
- "Posługi komunikacyjne w miastach W. Ks. Litewskiego na prawie magdeburskiem do połowy xvi w.". Vilnius, Nakł. Instytutu Naukowo-Badawczego Europy Wschodniej, 1937.
- "Studia nad koncentracją w rolnictwie śląskim w latach 1850-1914 : Struktura agrarna i jej zmiany". Wrocław, Ossolineum.
- ""Powiat" w statucie litewskim 1529 r. oraz w spisie wojska litewskiego 1528 r.", Vilnius, 1931.
- "Rola Komunistycznej Partii Zachodniej Białorusi w ruchu narodowym Białorusinów w Polsce". Vilnius, 1933.
See also
- WysłouchWysłouchWysłouch is the name of a Lithuanian-Polish aristocratic family. It traces its lineage back to 1385, when alongside with other major Lithuanian noble clans its forbears were admitted to the ranks of Polish nobility...
family - Wrocław University