Listy Oktawiusza Radoszkowskiego do Józefa Gałęzowskiego w zbiorach Biblioteki Polskiej w Paryżu – interesujący przyczynek do biografii carskiego generała i przyrodnika

Piotr Daszkiewicz

doi:10.31648/ep.11738

Published: 2025-09-09

No. XXVI/1 (2025)

Oktawiusz Radoszkowski’s letters to Józef Gałęzowski in the collection of the Polish Library in Paris – rare insights into the life and work of the Polish entomologist and general of the Imperial Russian Army

Piotr Daszkiewicz

Echa Przeszłości

Section: DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.11738

Abstract

The article analyzes two letters penned by Oktawiusz Radoszkowski, a prominent entomologist and general of the Imperial Russian Army, to Józef Gałęzowski, an émigré activist in Paris and president of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil. The letters are kept in the Polish Library in Paris, and they provide valuable and novel insights into Radoszkowski’s life and work. In addition to his scientific accomplishments, the entomologist writes about trivial matters that may be of interest to the addressee, including his wife’s visit to Paris, the price of Panama Canal stock, and his attempts to find a physician using the novel electrotherapy method. The letters are undoubtedly a valuable source of information about daily life in the 19th century.

Keywords:

Oktawiusz Radoszkowski, Józef Gałęzowski, correspondence, collection of the Polish Library in Paris, history of entomology

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Daszkiewicz, P. (2025). Oktawiusz Radoszkowski’s letters to Józef Gałęzowski in the collection of the Polish Library in Paris – rare insights into the life and work of the Polish entomologist and general of the Imperial Russian Army. Echa Przeszłości, (XXVI/1), 241–247. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.11738

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