Tytus Adam Działyński 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...

 political activist and protector of arts and a Prussian politician.

He was a publisher of historical sources important for the Polish history, founder of Kórnik Library

Kórnik Library

Kórnik Library is one of the most famous Polish libraries, founded by Tytus Działyński in 1828 at Kórnik. Currently the library, despite being robbed by the Germans during World War II, is one of the five largest libraries in Poland and contains roughly 400,000 volumes, including 30,000 books...

 (Biblioteka Kórnicka), co-founder of Poznań Industrial Society (Towarzystwo Przemysłowe w Poznaniu), the Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences

Poznan Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences

The Poznań Society of Friends of Learning is a learned society in Poznań, Poland, established in 1857, of scholars and scientists in all branches of learning...

 (Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk) and the president of the latter since 1858. He was also a participant of the November Uprising

November Uprising

The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...

 (1830/31) and Spring of Nations (1848). He was also a member of provincial parliament of the Grand Duchy of Poznan

Grand Duchy of Poznan

The Grand Duchy of Posen, or the Grand Duchy of Poznań was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Per agreements derived at the Congress of Vienna it was to have...

 (1841-1846) and of the Prussian parliament (1851-1853, 1858-1861).

Publications

• The Lithianian Statute (Statut litewski, 1841)
• Źródłopisma do dziejów unii Korony Polskiej i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego (1856-61) Sources to the history of union of the Crown of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Acta Tomiciana (vol. 1-8, 1852-60).