Edward Dembowski during Kraków Uprising 1846

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Edward Dembowski (25 April or 31 May 1822 – 27 February 1846) was a Polish

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, and leftist independence activist."Dembowski, Edward," ''Encyklopedia Polski'' (Encyclopedia of Poland), p. 128.

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Edward Dembowski was the son of Julia, née Kochanowska, and a conservative

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of the

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, Leon Dembowski. On account of Edward's ''

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'' origins and contrasting radical social views, he was called "the red castellan's-son." Dembowski published ''Przegląd Naukowy'' (The Learned Review), a journal for young, independence-minded

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. In 1842–43 Dembowski conducted underground revolutionary activities in the

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. Later, being at risk of arrest by Russian authorities, he transferred to

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n-ruled

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. During the 1846

Kraków Uprising The Kraków uprising ( Polish: ''powstanie krakowskie'', ''rewolucja krakowska''; German: ''Krakauer Aufstand''; Russian: ''краковское восстание'') of 1846 was an attempt, led by Polish insurgents such as Jan Tyssowski and ...

, Dembowski was secretary to

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Jan Tyssowski. Dembowski died on 27 February 1846 at Podgórze, shot by

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troops while leading a procession to conduct agitation among the

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s. In his philosophical views, Dembowski was a leftist

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. Tatarkiewicz, ''Zarys...'', p. 24.

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*"Dembowski, Edward," ''Encyklopedia Polski'' (Encyclopedia of Poland),

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

, Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński, 1996, , p. 128. *

Władysław Tatarkiewicz Władysław Tatarkiewicz (; 3 April 1886, Warsaw – 4 April 1980, Warsaw) was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and ethicist. Early life and education Tatarkiewicz began his higher education at ...

, ''Zarys dziejów filozofii w Polsce'' (A Brief History of Philosophy in Poland), n the series: ''Historia nauki polskiej w monografiach'' (History of Polish Learning in Monographs), olumeXXXII, Kraków, ''Polska Akademia Umiejętności'' (

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), 1948. This monograph draws from pertinent sections in earlier editions of the author's ''Historia filozofii'' (History of Philosophy). * Leszek Sykulski, ''Edward Dembowski (1822–1846). Biografia polityczna'' (Edward Dembowski (1822–1846: A Political Biography),

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, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Grado, 2006. * ''Obraz literatury polskiej XIX i XX wieku. Seria 3. Literatura krajowa w okresie romantyzmu: 1831-1863'' (Polish Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Series 3: Literature in the Romantic Period: 1831–1863), vol. 2. *

Stefan Wolski Stefan Wolski (born October 24, 1914, in Uman in the Kiev Governorate; died March 23, 1992, in Lublin, Poland) was a prose writer and poet, lawyer, and participant in Lublin's literary life. Life He was born to a Polish intellectual family of ...

, "Ballada rycerska" Lublin, 1977. . 1822 births 1846 deaths 19th-century Polish philosophers Polish literary critics Polish journalists Polish rebels Deaths by firearm in Poland 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century male writers {{Poland-journalist-stub

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