Eugeniusz Piasecki
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Eugeniusz Piasecki was a Polish
physician, promotor of sports and hygiene and boyscouting activist.
He was the son of Wenanty Piasecki, a gym teacher at Lwów's schools and member of Gymnastic Society Sokol. Eugeniusz studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University
in Kraków
, and there he became familiar with ideas promoted by Henryk Jordan
. In 1896, after graduation, he returned to Lwów where became a gym teacher at the local 4th high school. Soon afterwards, he founded first sports teams for students and in 1904 he opened Sports-Gymnastic Club of the 4th High School, which three years later took on the name Pogoń Lwów
, becoming one of the most popular sports organizations in the history of Poland. Piasecki was the first director of the club, keeping the post until 1909, when he took up the job of a lecturer at the University of Jan Kazimierz
.
In 1912 Piasecki, together with Mieczyslaw Schreiber, published one of the first Polish handbooks of scouting titled Harce mlodziezy polskiej (Games of Polish youth). He wrote that a scout should cultivate national traditions together with emphasis on physical development. Piasecki made up several terms which are until today used in Polish scouting (harcmistrz, harcerz, zastep).
During World War I
he moved to Kiev
, where lectured hygiene in local Polish University Collegium. In 1919 he returned to Poland and settled in Poznań
, where became a professor of the Poznań University, teaching theory of physical education and school hygiene. Piasecki also was an expert, co-working with the League of Nations
. He died shortly after World War II
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
physician, promotor of sports and hygiene and boyscouting activist.
He was the son of Wenanty Piasecki, a gym teacher at Lwów's schools and member of Gymnastic Society Sokol. Eugeniusz studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, and there he became familiar with ideas promoted by Henryk Jordan
Henryk Jordan
Henryk Jordan , was a Polish philanthropist, physician and pioneer of physical education in Poland...
. In 1896, after graduation, he returned to Lwów where became a gym teacher at the local 4th high school. Soon afterwards, he founded first sports teams for students and in 1904 he opened Sports-Gymnastic Club of the 4th High School, which three years later took on the name Pogoń Lwów
Pogon Lwów
LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
, becoming one of the most popular sports organizations in the history of Poland. Piasecki was the first director of the club, keeping the post until 1909, when he took up the job of a lecturer at the University of Jan Kazimierz
Lviv University
The Lviv University or officially the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine...
.
In 1912 Piasecki, together with Mieczyslaw Schreiber, published one of the first Polish handbooks of scouting titled Harce mlodziezy polskiej (Games of Polish youth). He wrote that a scout should cultivate national traditions together with emphasis on physical development. Piasecki made up several terms which are until today used in Polish scouting (harcmistrz, harcerz, zastep).
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he moved to Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, where lectured hygiene in local Polish University Collegium. In 1919 he returned to Poland and settled in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, where became a professor of the Poznań University, teaching theory of physical education and school hygiene. Piasecki also was an expert, co-working with the League of Nations
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
. He died shortly after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Books
- Harce mlodziezy polskiej,
- Zasady Wychowania Fizycznego (1904)
- Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i mlodziezy, ze zrodel dziejowych i ludoznawczych przewaznie rodzinnych i z tradycji ustnej (1916)
- Zarys teorii wychowania fizycznego (1925)
- Dzieje wychowania fizycznego (1929)
Sources
- Stanislaw M. Brzozowski, Eugeniusz Piasecki, w: Polski Slownik Biograficzny, tom XXV, 1980
- Mala encyklopedia sportu, Warszawa 1987