Stanislaw Staszic
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Stanisław Staszic
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6 November 1755 Piła, Poland |
| Died | 20 January 1826 (aged 70) Warsaw, Congress Poland |
| Occupation | Philosopher, educator and writer |
Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic [staˈɲiswaf ˈstaʂit͡s] (6 November 1755 – 20 January 1826) was a leading figure in the Polish Enlightenment: a Catholic priest, philosopher, geologist, writer, poet, translator and statesman. A physiocrat, monist, pan-Slavist (after 1815) and laissez-fairist, he supported many reforms in Poland. He is particularly remembered for his political writings during the "Great (Four-Year) Sejm" (1788–92) and for his support of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, adopted by that Sejm.
He co-founded the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (precursor to the Polish Academy of Sciences), of which he became president. He served as a member of the State Council of the Duchy of Warsaw and as minister of trade and industry in Congress Poland. Staszic is seen as the father of Polish geology, statistics, sociology, Tatra Mountains studies and exploration, mining and industry.
Stanisław Staszic was born into a burgher family in the town of Piła on 6 November 1755, the youngest of four siblings. His father, Wawrzyniec Staszic, was mayor of Piła and a royal secretary.
Staszic attended secondary school at Wałcz. He studied theology and graduated from a Jesuit school at Poznań in 1778 and was ordained a Catholic priest (he took lesser Holy Orders in 1774, and higher orders about 1778–79). Between 1779 and 1781 he continued his studies in France at the Collège de France, where he took classes in physics and natural history.
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