The Polish Biographical Dictionary

The Polish Biographical Dictionary

"The Polish Biographical Dictionary" is a compact English-language dictionary of Polish biography, authored by Stanley S. Sokol and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers in 1992. It features nearly 900 biographies of important Poles since Duke Mieszko I in the 10th century.

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*"Polski slownik biograficzny", a multi-volume Polish-language dictionary of biography


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