- Kazimierz Rymut
Kazimierz Rymut (was born
18 december 1935 in Chechły near Ropczyce - died14 november 2006 inKraków , buried in Brzezie, nearZabierzów ). Professor doctor hab., onomist, historian of languages, editor.Organizer of academic life and educator of many Polish onomists. Decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and Order of Cyril and Metodius.He studied at the
Jagiellonian University inKraków , where in 1968 he received his PhD. He became a professor at the University in 1972.He was long-standing Director of the Polish Language Institute PAN and Chief ofthe Polish Onomastic Department, chairman of the Slavonic Onomastic Commission in the InternationalCommittee of Slavs, chairman of the Commission of Location Names and Physiographical Objectsin the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration.Bibliography
* Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik historyczno-etymologiczny, Kraków 1999
* Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwy Miast Polski, Ossolineum, Wrocław 1987
* Kazimierz Rymut, Bibliografia onomastyki polskiej, 1991-2000
* [http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html Kazimierz Rymut. The dictionary of surnames in current use in Poland (2nd edition, 1992), online]
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