Paweł Czartoryski
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Noble Family Szlachta The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...	Czartoryski Czartoryski Czartoryski is the surname of a Polish-Ukrainian-Lithuanian magnate family also known as the Familia. They used the Czartoryski Coat of arms and were the leading noble family of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century.-History:The Czartoryski is a family of a Grand Ducal...
Coat of Arms Polish heraldry Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...	Czartoryski
Parents	Włodzimierz Alfons Czartoryski Countess Sophie Tyszkiewicz
Consorts	Veronica Poninska
Children	with Veronica Poninska Witold Michał Czartoryski Irena Czartoryska Maria Czartoryska
Date of Birth	May 21, 1924
Place of Birth	Krakow 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... , Poland 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...
Date of Death	August 10, 1999
Place of Death	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland 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...

Prince Paweł Czartoryski (1924–1999) was a Polish

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...

 noble (Ksiaze, Szlachcic).

Prof. Paweł Czartoryski was a law scholar and a science historian. He has contributed considerably on the subject of Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

 and has published several translations of his works.

He was the Head of the Econometrics Department at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

 until 1970. Later a residing professor in the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences

Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences

The Institute for the History of Science was established in 1954 as an institution of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland.- Overview :The Institute is located in the Staszic Palace in the center of Warsaw near the Copernicus monument. In the rank of founders were professors: Bogdan Suchodolski...

 and a corresponding fellow of the Medieval Academy of Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

 amongst others.

Prof. Paweł Czartoryski took part in the Polish Round Table talks, where he was responsible for education.

Paweł Czartoryski was the founder of the Polish United World Colleges

United World Colleges

UWC is an education movement comprising thirteen international schools and colleges, national committees in over 130 countries and a series of short educational programmes. The UWC movement aims to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future...

Committee and is now its patron. The society awards about 20 scholarships a year.