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Polish historian
Wincenty Zakrzewski
Born(1844-07-11)11 July 1844
Dobrzykowo, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died12 April 1918(1918-04-12) (aged 73)
Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
NationalityPolish
Academic background
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory

Wincenty Zakrzewski (11 July 1844 in Dobrzykowo – 12 April 1918 in Kraków) was a Polish historian. He was a professor of the Jagiellonian University (since 1873), rector in 1890/1891, and a member of the Academy of Learning (since 1881). He participated in the January Uprising (1863–1864).

Zakrzewski researched 16th-century Polish politics. He was an initiator of modern studies about the Reformation in Poland. His notable works includes Powstanie i wzrost reformacji w Polsce 1520–1572 (1870), "Po ucieczce Henryka: dzieje bezkrolewia" , Stefan Batory... (1887), Historia powszechna (vol. 1–3; 1899–1903). He was also an initiator of publication Stanislai Hosii epistolae, orationes, legationes (vol. 1–2; in: Acta historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia; 1879–1888).

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