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Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński
Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński (; 6 February 1806 – 2 March 1885) was a Polish-Lithuanian identity, Polish-Lithuanian medical doctor, collector and publisher. He is famous for publishing the ''Album Wileńskie'' (), which is the greatest monument of 19th-century Polish and Lithuanian graphics. Biography Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński was born in near Utena, Aukštaitija region of ethnographic Lithuania, as a son of Zygmunt Wilczyński and Tekla Römer, daughter of Franciszek Römer treasurer of Trakai. He had two brothers Ludwik and Franciszek, and two sisters Barbara and Józefa. Ludwik took an active part in the November Uprising, for which his property was confiscated. Franciszek, on the other hand, was occupied with running the farm. He studied in the . According to the information published in 1908 by his nephew, historian and archaeologist Algirdas Vilčinskas (Vilčinskis), who lived in his uncle's home, Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński spoke exclusively Lithuanian language, Lithuanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wilczynski 1886
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a minim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithography
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German author and actor Alois Senefelder and was initially used mostly for sheet music, musical scores and maps.Meggs, Philip B. ''A History of Graphic Design''. (1998) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p 146, .Carter, Rob, Ben Day, Philip Meggs. ''Typographic Design: Form and Communication'', Third Edition. (2002) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 11. Lithography can be used to print text or images onto paper or other suitable material. A lithograph is something printed by lithography, but this term is only used for printmaking, fine art prints and some other, mostly older, types of printed matter, not for those made by modern commercial lithography. Traditionally, the image to be printed was drawn with a greasy substance, such as oil, fat, or wax on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Alfred Plater
Adam Alfred Gustaw Count Broel-Plater (23 April 1836 – 24 December 1909) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble known as collector and archaeologist. He was also a marshal of nobility of the Vilna Governorate. Biography Adam Alfred Plater was born into the noble Plater family. He inherited the Švėkšna estate from his parents. Later, thanks to his influence at court, despite being Polish, he obtained the right to acquire estates in the Northwestern Krai. He acquired the Vepriai estate with the town and manors of Kowalaki and Bataniszki in the Ukmergė County. Plater sponsored construction of both Roman Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Švėkšna. After completing his education, he travelled around Western Europe as well as Greece and the Middle East. He became interested in archaeology from an early age. At age 15, he began excavating ancient graves near his family's estate in Švėkšna. In one of the tumulus he discovered seven Egyptian amulets which modern archaeolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Kirkor
Adam Honory Kirkor (21 January 1818 – 23 November 1886) was a Polish publisher, journalist and archeologist. Biography Kirkor was born in on 21 January 1818, finishing school in Mogilev. From 1834 to 1866, he worked in Vilnius, later in Saint Petersburg and Kraków. He was a member of the Vilnius Archaeological Commission from 1855. In 1859, Kirkor bought a printing house from and started printing books and periodicals in Polish, Lithuanian and Russian. Kirkor became a member of the Russian Imperial Archaeological Society in 1856, taking part in the writing of '' Orgelbrand's Universal Encyclopedia''. His name is featured in the first volume of the encyclopedia. He joined the in 1864. He was not financially successful and went bankrupt, eventually moving to Kraków. Kirkor helped transforming the Kraków Scientific Society into the Academy of Learning, to which he was appointed as member of in 1873. From 1875, he started participating in archaeological excavations near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstanty Tyszkiewicz
image:Kanstantyn Tyškievič. Канстантын Тышкевіч (A. Regulski, 1868).jpg, 150px, Konstanty Tyszkiewicz Count Konstanty Tyszkiewicz (; 1806 in Lahojsk – 1868) was a Polish-Lithuanian identity, Polish-Lithuanian szlachta, noble, archaeologist and ethnographer. He studied the history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also the brother of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz. References * Reda GRIŠKAITĖ Konstantinas Tiškevičius ir Neris, arba Kelionė ir Knyga 1806 births 1868 deaths People from Lahoysk district Historians of Lithuania Tyszkiewicz family, Konstanty 19th-century Polish historians Lithuanian collectors 19th-century Polish archaeologists Lithuanian archaeologists Polish collectors 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire {{Lithuania-noble-stub ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustachy Tyszkiewicz
Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz, Leliwa coat of arms, (18 April 1814 – 27 August 1873) was a Polish noble from the Tyszkiewicz family. He was an archaeologist and historian of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and White Ruthenia, then part of the Russian Empire. He is considered the first archaeologist to have undertaken a systematic study of historical sites in Belarus and Lithuania, and was highly influential on succeeding generations of archaeologists. In 1855 he founded the Museum of Antiquities in Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno), which is regarded as the predecessor institution of the National Museum of Lithuania. He donated his personal collection of archaeological and historical artifacts to start the museum. He was a younger brother of historian Konstanty Tyszkiewicz. Biography According to his memoirs, Tyszkiewicz was born in Minsk, not in Lahoysk, as researchers believe. Tyszkiewicz was the younger son of Pius Tyszkiewicz and his wife, Augusta, née Plater-Broel. He spent hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius Archaeological Commission
The Museum of Antiquities (, ) in Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno) was a museum of archaeology and history established by Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz in 1855 at the premises of the closed Vilnius University. It was the first public museum in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and is considered a predecessor of the National Museum of Lithuania even though only a handful of items from the Museum of Antiquities ended up at the National Museum. Together with the Archaeological Commission which functioned as a '' de facto'' learned society, the museum was the most prominent cultural and scientific institution in all of Lithuania and displayed many historical items that reminded of the old Grand Duchy and served romantic nationalism of Lithuanian nobles at the time when Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire. The museum collections rapidly grew to over 67,000 items in 1865 by absorbing large collections of minerals and zoological specimens from the closed Vilnius University, libraries of various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
