Stefan Giller
Encyclopedia
Stefan Giller was born in Opatówek
, Congress Poland
, Russian Empire
. With his elder brother, Agaton Giller
, Stefan played an active role in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising
.
when the Imperial Russian government sought to eradicate the Polish language from public life. He was highly valued and respected by his students, who included the future president of Poland, Stanisław Wojciechowski, the future chancellor of the University of Vilnius, Alfons Parczewski, and many leading physicians and lawyers.
In 1997, librarians from Opatówek found many documents, letters, manuscripts, books and objects that had been owned by the Gillers, in their attic
. The letters, the most valuable part of the fin, have been published as Unknown Letters of the Giller Family.
Opatówek
Opatówek is a village of 3,800 inhabitants situated 10 km southeast from Kalisz, county of Kalisz County in the province of Wielkopolska, Poland. The commune of Opatówek, including the village of Opatówek and 26 other villages, has about 10,000 inhabitants and is an agricultural and industrial...
, Congress Poland
Congress Poland
The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. With his elder brother, Agaton Giller
Agaton Giller
Agaton Giller was a Polish historian, journalist and politician. He and his brother Stefan Giller played notable roles in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising.-Life:During the January 1863 Uprising, Agaton Giller was a member of the National Government...
, Stefan played an active role in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
.
Life
Stefan Giller was a poet, an epigone of Polish Romanticism, a teacher of Polish language and literature at schools in KaliszKalisz
Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants , the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce...
when the Imperial Russian government sought to eradicate the Polish language from public life. He was highly valued and respected by his students, who included the future president of Poland, Stanisław Wojciechowski, the future chancellor of the University of Vilnius, Alfons Parczewski, and many leading physicians and lawyers.
In 1997, librarians from Opatówek found many documents, letters, manuscripts, books and objects that had been owned by the Gillers, in their attic
Attic
An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building . Attic is generally the American/Canadian reference to it...
. The letters, the most valuable part of the fin, have been published as Unknown Letters of the Giller Family.
See also
- Agaton GillerAgaton GillerAgaton Giller was a Polish historian, journalist and politician. He and his brother Stefan Giller played notable roles in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising.-Life:During the January 1863 Uprising, Agaton Giller was a member of the National Government...
- List of Poles