Eugeniusz M. Schummer's article "History and Development of the University of Vilnius", published in the journal "Świat", 1928, no. 13, pp. 5-7 (public domain, reprinted from the Library of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), describes the history of the University from its foundation in 1579 by Stefan Batory, through the reforms carried out successively by the Commission of National Education and the later tsarist authorities, until the liquidation of the university in 1842 and its reopening in 1919. Schummer's article also focuses on the contemporary fate of the University, i.e. the staff and educational situation, as well as the University's achievements in the 1920s. The article also includes space to list the most important people associated with the University since its inception. Mention is made of, among others, Piotr Skarga, Jakub Wujek, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Joachim Lelewel and Adam Mickiewicz.