- Zygmunt Gloger
Zygmunt Gloger entitled to Prus II coat of arms, (
3 November 1845 inKamionka Podolska - d.16 August 1910 inWarsaw ) was a Polish historian, archeologist, geographer and ethnographer, entitled to Wilczekosy coat of arms.Under the influence of
Julian Bartoszewicz ,Józef Ignacy Krasicki , and laterWincenty Pol andOskar Kolberg he voyaged through Poland and Lithuania, and corresponded with many European scholars.Founder of
Towarzystwo Krajoznawcze (precursor of modernPTTK ), in his will he gave his impressive collection to that organization, as well as to Towarzystwo Ethnograficzne, Towarzystwo Bibliotek Publicznych w Warszawie and Museum of Industry and Agriculture.His life's work was the "Encyklopedia staropolska ilustrowana" (1900-1903), still considered a useful and important book about culture of
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . His other works include "Obchody weselne" (1869), "Pieśni ludu" (1892), "Księga rzeczy polskich" (1896), "Rok polski w życiu, tradycji i pieśni" (1900).Selected bibliography
* cite book | author=Zygmunt Gloger | coauthors = | title =Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski | year =1900 | editor = | pages = | publisher =Spółka Wydawnicza Polska | location =Kraków | url=http://monika.univ.gda.pl/~literat/glogre/ | id =ISBN 83-214-0883-4
* [http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyklopedia_staropolska "Encyklopedia staropolska"] , Zygmunt Gloger, 1900-1903, online
* [http://monika.univ.gda.pl/~literat/gloger/ "Dolinami rzek. Opisy podróży wzdłuż Niemna, Wisły, Bugu i Biebrzy"] Zygmunt Gloger, 1903, onlineReferences
*Polish|Zygmunt Gloger|
14 February 2006 External links
* [http://www.lomza.friko.pl/ciekawostki/ludzie_gloger.htm Zygmunt Gloger - Starożytnik z Jeżewa]
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