Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

Andrzej Artur Zamoyski

Count Andrzej Artur Zamoyski (1800-1874) was a Polish nobleman, landowner and political and economic activist.

Life

Zamoyski organized meetings of landowners ("Klemensowczycy") at his Klemensów estate in the Polish Congress Kingdom. In 1842 he became co-publisher of the "Rocznik Gospodarstwa Krajowego" (Polish Farming Annual). In 1848 he founded the Steam Navigation Company and thereafter monopolized transport on the Vistula River. He also intiated the building of steamships and barges. He was the founder and chairman of an Agricultural Society.

Zamoyski was an opponent of Aleksander Wielopolski and a principal figure in the "Biali" (Whites) political faction. Exiled in September 1863, he settled in France, becoming part of the Polish Great Emigration. In 1872 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning.

ee also

*List of Poles


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