Paweł Tadeusz Czapski – szlachcic, kolekcjoner, miłośnik nauki. Szkic biograficzny

Mikołaj Tomaszewski

doi:10.31648/ep.2068

Published: 2018-11-101

No. XVIII (2017)

Paweł Tadeusz Czapski – a Nobleman, Collector and Science Enthusiast. A Biographical Sketch

Mikołaj Tomaszewski

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2068

Abstract

The article discusses the most important events in the life of Pawel Tadeusz Czapski of the Leliwa family clan. Czapski’s involvement in political, cultural and eco-nomic issues is presented in detail. Pawel Tadeusz Czapski was the son of Peater Jan Czapski, a Pomeranian governor, and Constance Gnińska. Czapski rose to fame as a collector and a political activist in Royal Prussia. His political career had never fo-urished on account of his parents’ affliation with Stanislaw Leszczyński. Czapski and his brother Thomas were embroiled in a long feud over the family’s assets. Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki exerted a signifcant infuence on Czapski’s life and work.

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Czapski family, nobility, Royal Prussia, Jan Klemens Branicki

Paweł Tadeusz Czapski – a Nobleman, Collector and Science Enthusiast. A Biographical Sketch

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