Władysław Zahorski, photo nieznany, 1903
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Władysław Zahorski

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Władysław Zahorski

Vilnius | Lithuania

First name:

Władysław

Last Name:

Zahorski

Parents:

Bronisław i Maria z Zasławskich

Date of birth:

19-10-1858

Place of birth:

Święciany

Date of death:

24-08-1927

Place od death:

Wilno

Age:

Profession:

social activist, doctor, publicist

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1927)

Biography:

Władysław Zahorski (1858-1927), born in Święciany, son of Bronisław and Maria née Zasławska, physician, social activist, publicist, researcher of Vilnius history. After graduating from the medical faculty of the Imperial Moscow University in 1883, he worked as a doctor in Yekaterinburg and later in Chelyabinsk. In 1892, he moved to Vilnius where he and Władysław hr. Tyszkiewicz founded the Society for Emergency Medical Aid. He published articles and studies in many journals. He chaired the editorial committee of the first Polish collective book published in Vilnius after 1863 entitled Z nad Wilii i Niemna. In 1904 he was one of the founders of the Society of Friends of Palanga. In 1906, he organised the Vilnius Society of the Friends of Science, of which he was successively vice-president and president. He received an honorary doctorate from the Stefan Batory University.

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12.09.2023

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