Ambrozy Grabowski ( Polish: Ambroży Grabowski , December 7, 1782, Kety , Poland - August 3, 1868, Krakow , Poland) - Polish historian , bibliographer , archeologist , antiquary , author of Krakow travel guides .
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| Ambroży Grabowski | |
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| Date of Birth | December 7, 1782 |
| Place of Birth | Kety , Poland |
| Date of death | August 3, 1868 (85 years old) |
| Place of death | Krakow , Poland |
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Biography
Being self-taught and working in an antique store, Ambrosius Grabowski collected rare Polish prints, as a result of which he was familiar with famous historians Jerzy Samuel Bandtke and Jan Pavel Voronich , who invited him to study the history of Krakow, folk Polish customs. In 1824, Ambrosius Grabowski established the authorship of the main altar of the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God in Krakow .
Ambrosy Grabowski is buried at the Rakovicky Memorial Cemetery in Krakow.
Works
Ambrose Grabowski published numerous Kraków travel guides and books on Polish history. The most significant of them are:
- "Historyczny opis miasta Krakowa i jego okolic" ("Historical description of the city of Krakow and its surroundings") (first edition - 1822);
- "Starożytności historyczne polskie" ("Polish historians of antiquity") (1845);
- "Dawne zabytki miasta Krakowa" ("Old monuments of Krakow") (1850);
- "O ikonografii polskiej" ("On Polish Iconography")
- “Listy króla Władysława IV” (“Letters of King Władysław IV”).
Source
Links
- Biography (inaccessible link) (Polish)