| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Naruszewicz, Adam Stanislaw |
| |
| |
(ä´däm stän s´läf när sh ´vch) (KEY) , 1733–96, Polish historian. A Jesuit, he became, after the suppression of his order, bishop of Smolensk (1788) and of Lutsk (1790). At the court of Stanislaus II he held a position similar to poet laureate. Naruszewicz organized extensive historical research in the archives and wrote a history (7 vol., 1780–1824) of the Polish nation. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
