Kazimierz Morawski (29 January 1852 – 25 August 1925) was a

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classical

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, translator, professor and rector of

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, president of

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, and candidate for the

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. He was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award.

Biography

Kazimierz was the son of Kajetan Morawski and Józefa Łempicka, older brother of Zdzisław, publicist and lawyer. He attended the Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań, where among his teachers was

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. From 1869 until 1874 he studied philology and history at

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(where one of the lecturers was

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), where he received his Ph.D. Then he was a teacher of Latin in one of Wrocław high schools. In 1878, after he received

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, Morawski started to work as a lecturer at the

. Since 1880 he was a professor at the university, in 1887 he was promoted to full professor. Since 1887 he was also a full member of the

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in Kraków. Between 1906 and 1907 he was a rector of the Jagiellonian University. He was the Vice-president of the Academy of Learning since 1917. In 1918, after

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died, he was nominated for the President of the Academy. In the 1922 Polish presidential election he was an independent candidate supported by the

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and other right-wing parties. He lost the election, receiving from members of the Polish parliament 77 votes less than

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, a PSL Piast politician. Morawski was awarded with many high rank distinctions, including

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(3rd class), Order of the White Eagle and

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(commandeur). He died in 1925 and was buried at the

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in the family tomb.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morawski, Kazimierz 1852 births 1925 deaths Polish classical philologists 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish translators Rectors of the Jagiellonian University Commanders of the Legion of Honour Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) 19th-century Polish historians Humboldt University of Berlin alumni