Keywords: cdv carte de visite cartedevisite poznan posen wincenty pol wincentypol mirska emma mirska emmamirska 1807-1872 Polish poet and geographer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wincenty_Pol Born to a German father and an ethnic French mother in Lublin he attended grammar school in Lviv and the Jesuit College in Tarnopol. From 1824-27 he studied philosophy at the Lviv University. The November Uprising 1830 ends his academic career. He took part as a lieutenant in a Lithuanian Ulan regiment. After the collapse of the uprising he emigrated to Germany and lived in Leipzig, Königsberg and Dresden. In the late 1830’s he studied as a geographer and ethnographer the Tatra. Although he was a strong supporter of the independence of Poland, he didn’t participate in the Krakow Uprising in 1846. He became professor at the Jagellonen University in Krakow in 1849. He was fired in 1853 because he was suspected of disloyalty against the state. He went blind in 1868. The parliament of Galicia granted him a long life pension in 1870. In the final year of his life he became a member of the national academy of sciences in Krakow. Emma Mirska (Zwierzchlejska), b. 08.10.1818 in Krotoszyn, d. 01.01.1896 in Poznan. She learned photography in Paris. www.fotorevers.eu/de/fotograf/Mirska/892/ 1807-1872 Polish poet and geographer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wincenty_Pol Born to a German father and an ethnic French mother in Lublin he attended grammar school in Lviv and the Jesuit College in Tarnopol. From 1824-27 he studied philosophy at the Lviv University. The November Uprising 1830 ends his academic career. He took part as a lieutenant in a Lithuanian Ulan regiment. After the collapse of the uprising he emigrated to Germany and lived in Leipzig, Königsberg and Dresden. In the late 1830’s he studied as a geographer and ethnographer the Tatra. Although he was a strong supporter of the independence of Poland, he didn’t participate in the Krakow Uprising in 1846. He became professor at the Jagellonen University in Krakow in 1849. He was fired in 1853 because he was suspected of disloyalty against the state. He went blind in 1868. The parliament of Galicia granted him a long life pension in 1870. In the final year of his life he became a member of the national academy of sciences in Krakow. Emma Mirska (Zwierzchlejska), b. 08.10.1818 in Krotoszyn, d. 01.01.1896 in Poznan. She learned photography in Paris. www.fotorevers.eu/de/fotograf/Mirska/892/ |