Franciszek Hieronim Malewski of

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(1800-1870) was a

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-based ''gimnazjum wileńskie'' and started legal studies at the

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. Founding member of the Filomatic Society and friend to

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, he was also a co-founder of the Filaretic Society. Arrested in 1823 for membership in aforementioned societies, the following year he was sentenced to forced resettlement to Russia by tsarist authorities. In 1829 he was allowed to settle in

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, where he started working at the

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Office. Around that time he also founded the ''Tygodnik Petersburski'' (Petersburg weekly), the first Polish-language newspaper to be published in that city. In 1832 he married Helena née Szymanowska (daughter to

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and sister to Celina née Szymanowska, future wife of Adam Mickiewicz). Among his children was Maria Malewska who would later become wife of

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, poet's son. He died on 10 April 1870.

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