Leonard Chodźko

Leonard Chodźko
Coat of arms Kościesza
Family Chodźko
Father Ludwik Chodźko
Mother Waleria z Dederków
Born 1800
Oborek
Died March 12, 1871(1871-03-12)
Poitiers

Leonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration.

Life

Chodźko was educated at the University of Vilnius, where he was a member of the Philomaths, a secret organization established in 1816 by Vilnius University students including Adam Mickiewicz, Tomasz Zan and Józef Jeżowski.[1]

From 1826 he lived in Paris. During France's July 1830 Revolution, he served as aide-de-camp to General La Fayette.

Works

See also

Notes

  1. "Filomaci," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 164.

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