Marcin Knackfus

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Marcin Knackfus

Vilnius | Lithuania

Powstaniec:

participant in the Kościuszko Uprising

First name:

Marcin

Last Name:

Knackfus

Date of birth:

1740

Place of birth:

Wólka Ostrożeńska

Date of death:

1821

Place od death:

Wilno

Age:

Profession:

architect

participant in the Kościuszko Uprising

Biography:

Marcin Knakfus was an architect to His Majesty the King and captain of the field mace of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is described as a precursor of cassicism in Poland. He was the first professor of civil and practical architecture at Vilnius University. He suffered persecution from the Russian authorities for his participation in the Kościuszko Uprising.

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