- Stanisław Antoni Szczuka
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka (1652/1654-1710) was a Polish noble (
szlachcic ), talented politician and political writer.Son of a serviceman Stanisław Szczuka and Zofia Szpilewska Neronowiczów. He married Konstancja Maria Anna Potocka on
February 6 ,1695 , the daughter ofstarost ofJanów Bogusław Potocki.He was a
Recorder of the Crown in 1688, deputy ofPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth inDucal Prussia in 1690,Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania from 1699.Szczuka was born to a middle-class
szlachta family and educated inWilno andKraków . Because of his own ability and hard work he achieved high offices in the Republic. He began his political and career as secretary of King Jan III Sobieski. In 1696 he became an adviser to August II.In 1706 he changed sides and became a supporter of
Stanisław Leszczyński .He was a notable political writer and Sejm orator. He also proposed the opening of public schools free of charge.
As
Sejm Marshal he lead the extraordinarySejm onNovember 17 ,1688 -April 1 ,1689 and the pacification Sejm onJune 16 -June 30 ,1699 inWarsaw .He died on
May 19 ,1710 inWarsaw and was buried inSzczuczyn .Works
* "Eciipsis Poloniae Orbi Publice Demonstrata" (1709).
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*worldcat id|lccn-nr91-19105
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