Tytus Adam Działyński (1796–1861, son of Ksawery, father to Jan Kanty) was a Polish political activist and protector of arts and a Prussian politician.
Biography
He was a publisher of historical sources important for the Polish history, founder of
Kórnik Library
Kórnik Library ( pl, Biblioteka Kórnicka) is one of the most famous Polish libraries, founded by Tytus Działyński in 1828 in the town of Kórnik. Currently the library, despite being robbed by the Germans during World War II, is one of the f ...
(''Biblioteka Kórnicka''), co-founder of
Poznań Industrial Society (''Towarzystwo Przemysłowe w Poznaniu''), the
Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk) and the president of the latter since 1858. He was also a participant of the
November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution,
was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...
(1830/31) and
Spring of Nations (1848). He was also a member of
provincial parliament of the
Grand Duchy of Poznan
The Grand Duchy of Posen (german: Großherzogtum Posen; pl, Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the ...
(1841-1846) and of the
Prussian House of Representatives (1851-1853, 1858-1861).
Publications
* ''The Lithianian Statute'' (''Statut litewski'', 1841)
* ''Źródłopisma do dziejów unii Korony Polskiej i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego'' (1856–61) ''Sources to the history of union of the Crown of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania''
* ''Acta Tomiciana'' (vol. 1–8, 1852–60).
References
*
Witold Jakóbczyk, ''Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914'', ''Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego'', vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989
1796 births
1861 deaths
Politicians from Poznań
Polish politicians
People of the Revolutions of 1848
People from the Grand Duchy of Posen
November Uprising participants
Members of the Sejm (Provinziallandtag) of Posen
Members of the Prussian House of Representatives
Tytus
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