- Agaton Giller
Agaton Giller (
Opatówek ,Congress Poland ,Russian Empire , 1831 – 87,Stanisławów ,Austro-Hungary ), with his brotherStefan Giller , played notable roles in the Polish independence movement and theJanuary Uprising of 1863.Life
Agaton Giller was a
historian ,publicist and patriotic activist.After being exiled to Siberia, he became the first Siberian historian and biographer of other deported Poles.
During the January 1863 Uprising he was a member of the National Government. Then, in exile in Paris, he was a journalist with such periodicals as "Ojczyzna" (The Fatherland) and "Kurier Paryski" (The Paris Courier), a founder of Polish self-assistance organizations, and a founder of the Polish National Museum in
Rapperswil , inSwitzerland 'sCanton of St. Gallen .The National Polish Association in the
United States considers Giller its "spiritual father."He wrote many historical and biographical works, articles and studies.
He died in 1887 in Stanisławów. In 1980 his grave was repatriated from the closed Ivano-Frankivsk cemetery to
Warsaw 'sPowązki Cemetery .External links
* [http://www.muzeum-polskie.org/ Polish Museum] (Polish Museum Rapperswil)
* [http://www.biblioteka.opatowek.pl/003/gmin0003a.html Opatówek history - on The Giller Brothers' Communal Public Library in Opatówek page]
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