Tadeusz Korzon was a Polish historian, specializing in history of Poland.

Biography

He studied at Moscow University. He took part in the January Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 (1863-1865) of Poles against the Russian occupation (partitions of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...

) by organising pro-Polish patriotic demonstrations. After the defeat of the Uprising he was sentenced to death, later changed to exile to Orenburg

Orenburg

Orenburg is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 546,987 ; 549,361 ; Highest point: 154.4 m...

 until 1867. Afterwards from 1869 he lived in Warsaw, where he became of the teachers in the Flying University

Flying University

Flying University was the name of an underground educational enterprise that operated from 1885 to 1905 in Warsaw, the historic Polish capital, then under the control of the Russian Empire, and that was revived between 1977 and 1981 in the People's Republic of Poland...

. From 1897 he was the head librarian of the Biblioteka Zamojskich. From 1903 member of the Polska Akademia Umiejętności.

Works

• "Kurs historyi wieków średnich" (Warsaw, 1871),
• "Nowe dzieje starożytnéj Mezopotamii i Iranu" (1872),
• "Historycy pozytywisci" and "Poranek filozofii greckiej" (Bibl. Warszawska),
• "Ludzie przehistoriczny" (Tygodn. Illustrow.),
• "Historyja starożytną" (Warsaw, 1876),
• "Stan ekonowiczny Polski w latach 1782—1792" (Ateneum, 1877),
• "O życiu umysłowlym Grecyi" (Tygodn. Illustrow.),
• "Historyk w obec swego narodu i w obec ludzkości" (1878)

His earliest work was related to the French and English system of punishments and was published in 1861. His main work was published by the Krakow academy of sciences "Wewnętrne dzieje Polski za Stanislawa-Augusta, 1764—94" (1882 - 1886) (4 tomes) and gave many new statistical, administrative and economic details about the internal life of Poland in the 18th century. One of his last works was the "Dzieje wojen i wojskowości w Polsce" (3 tomes) published in 1912.

Further reading

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