Zamość Academy
The Zamoyski Academy (; ; 1594–1784) was an academy founded in 1594 by Poland, Polish Kanclerz, Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski."''Akademia Zamojska''" ("Zamojski Academy"), ''Encyklopedia Polski'', p. 13. It was the third institution of higher education to be founded in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.Lubelskie życie naukowe
Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Lubelskiego w Lublinie After his death it slowly lost its importance, and in 1784 it was downgraded to a lyceum. The present-day ''I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Hetmana Jana Zamoyskiego w Zamościu'' is one of several secondary schools in Zamość.

History

The Zamoyski Academy was designed to educate ''szlachta'' (noble) youth in Humanism, Humanist culture and prepare them for work in the public interest—though, from its early years, most of the ...
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Jan Zamoyski 1
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 ...
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