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Paweł Czartoryski
Coat of armsCzartoryski
Born(1924-05-21)21 May 1924
Kraków, Poland
Died10 August 1999(1999-08-10) (aged 75)
Warsaw, Poland
BuriedSłużew Old Cemetery
Noble familyCzartoryski
ConsortVeronica Poninska
FatherWłodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski
MotherCountess Sophie Tyszkiewicz

Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish historian.

He was a law scholar and a science historian. He has contributed considerably on the subject of Nicolaus Copernicus and has published several translations of his works.

He was the Head of the Econometrics Department at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin until 1970. Later a residing professor in the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences and a corresponding fellow of the Medieval Academy of America amongst others.

Czartoryski took part in the Polish Round Table talks, where he was responsible for education.

Czartoryski was the founder of the Polish United World Colleges Committee and is now its patron. The society awards about 20 scholarships a year.

He was married to Veronica Poninska and had three children: Witold Michał Czartoryski, Irena Czartoryska and Maria Czartoryska.

References

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  2. "Georgetown Medieval Academy Fellows". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  3. "OBM History". Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  4. "Towarzystwa Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata – Historia" (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-05-04.


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