Adam Podgórecki (1925-1998), prominent Polish sociologist of law. In 1972, he co-founded the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation at the University of Warsaw. He was deprived of the right to teach for criticising the communist authorities, so he decided to leave Poland in 1977. He lectured at Oxford and Stanford, among other places. He then moved to Ottawa, where he was professor of sociology and anthropology at Carleton University for several years. He was the author of more than 20 books and several hundred scientific publications. He worked on sociological theory, the methodology of sociotechnics, the sociology of law and morality, social deviance, and knowledge of the state. He also published some 50 volumes of parables by the fictional Chinese sage Si-tien. He died in Ottawa and is buried in Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ontario).