Count Stanisław Mieroszewski (Mieroszowski) (1827–1900) was a Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria.

Life

Mieroszewski was born on in

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. He was the son of a landowner. From 1843 to 1844 he studied

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

at the

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in Switzerland and from 1844 to 1847 he studied philosophy and

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

at the

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in Germany. From 1847 to 1848 he lived in

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. From 1849 to 1856, he managed the estates of his mother in

Chrzanów Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County. History History to 1809 It is impossible to establish ...

. From 1863 he lived with his family in Kraków.

Political career

From 1866 to 1872 Mieroszewski was a member of the local council in Kraków and the local agricultural society. From 1869 to 1874 he held the post of Chairman of the Kraków County Council. From 1879 to 1882 he served as a government councilor in

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. From 1883 to 1885 he was a member of the

Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria The Diet of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and of the Grand Duchy of Cracow was the regional assembly of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a crown land of the Austrian Empire, and later Austria-Hungary. In the history of the Polish ...

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. In 1879 he was mentioned as Count Stanislaus Mieroszowski von Mieroszowice, a landowner, resident of Kraków.

Retirement and death

In 1885 Mieroszewski retired from public life and after a brief stay in

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in 1887 returned to Kraków. There he gathered important works of art and a rich library. He also published numerous ''

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''s and articles (mainly letters and travelogues) in newspapers and journals. Mieroszewski died in Kraków.

References

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