Henryk Łowmiański

Commemorative plaque in the building of the Historic Faculty of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Henryk Łowmiański (August 22, 1898 near Ukmergė - September 4, 1984 in Poznań) was a Polish historian of the medieval period. A researcher of ancient history of Poland, Lithuania and the Slavs in general, Łowmiański was the author of many works, including the 6 volume Początki Polski (English: The Beginnings of Poland").

Scholar years

After receiving his doctorate on the "Wschody" miast litewskich w XVI wieku (English: Beginnings of Lithuanian Cities), Łowmiański became the first history Ph.D in the University of Stefan Batory.

Personal life

His wife was Maria Łowmiańska (1899-1961), a historian.

Important works

Bibliography


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