Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (Polish for Internet PWN Encyclopedia) is a free online Polish-language encyclopedia published by Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. It contains some 80,000 entries and 5,000 illustrations. [1]
Zbigniew of Brzezie was a notable Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora.
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne.
Encyklopedia PWN can refer to several encyclopedias published by Polish publisher Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe:
Andrzej Zahorski was a Polish historian, professor of University of Warsaw, researcher of history of Poland in the 18th century, history of Warsaw and general history of Napoleonic era. He was the chairman of the Polish Historical Society from 1982 to 1988.
Janusz Andrzej Zakrzewski was a Polish physicist. He was a professor of the University of Warsaw, member of the Warsaw Scientific Society, Polish Academy of Sciences (1986), Polish Academy of Learning. He served as president of the Polish Physical Society between 1987–1991.
Konstanty Zakrzewski was a Polish physicist. He was a professor of the Jagiellonian University and professor of the Lviv University (1913–1917), member of the Polish Academy of Learning.
Józef Bohdan Zaleski was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the Ukrainian poetic school.
Wacław Michał Zaleski, pseudonym Wacław from Olesko, was a Polish nobleman, poet, writer, researcher of folklore, theatre critic, political activist, and governor of Galicia (1848). Galician landowner and deputy to the Parliament.
Witold Zalewski is a Polish writer, publicist and prosaist. During the Occupation of Poland he was a soldier of Armia Krajowa and participated in Warsaw Uprising. Zalewski was associated with conspiratory magazine Dźwigary, editorial board member of weekly magazine Pokolenie (1946–1947), publicist of Przegląd Kulturalny (1952–1963), publicist of Kultura (1963–1970).
Józef Zaliwski of Junosza coat of arms was a Polish independence activist.
Edmund Załęski was a Polish chemist, agrotechnician, and plant breeder. He was a professor at the Agricultural University of Dublany, as well as a professor at Jagiellonian University, where he also served as rector from 1930–1931.
Academy of Learning was a primary Polish scientific institution during the annexation of Poland established in 1871. It was founded in Kraków as a continuation of the Kraków Scientific Society. The institution began activity two years later, in 1873. At first, it focused on scholars from Kraków, however, it soon expanded its activity to Polish scholars from all annexed territories, along with Polish emigration. Its main goals were to organize, support and conduct learning, plus represent Polish scientists and scholars from all over the world.
Samuel Ludwik Zasadius or Zasadyus, Sassadius was a Polish religious writer, pastor and author of popular sermons and prayer-books. He was also known for propagating Polishness in Cieszyn Silesia.
Magdalena Zawadzka is a Polish stage and film actress. She is the wife of actor Gustaw Holoubek and the mother of cinematographer Jan Holoubek. She gained wide popularity after the 1968 film Colonel Wolodyjowski, in which she played the role of Basia Wołodyjowska.
Włodzimierz Jan Zawadzki is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzeł Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa.
Jan Zborowski was a Polish Court Hetman of the Crown, royal secretary of king Sigismund II Augustus and Lord Castellan of Gniezno.
Marcin Zborowski was a Polish castellan of Kalisz, voivod (wojewoda) of Kalisz, voivod of Poznań and castellan of Kraków. He was one of the leaders of execution movement, co-initiator of the Chicken War (1537) and also supporter of the Reformation. Zborowski participated in the fourth war of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars (1512–1522) and in the Battle of Orsha. Murderer of Dymitr Sanguszko (1554).
Carlo Zecchi was an Italian pianist, music teacher and conductor.
Wacław Szymanowski was a Polish sculptor and painter. He is best known for his statue of composer Frédéric Chopin in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park.
Events from the year 1847 in Poland