Curated category
Jagiellonian University alumni
- Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus entered the world on the 19th of February 1473 within the city walls of Toruń. This location sat in Royal Prussia, a region recently…
- Bronisław MalinowskiBronisław Kasper Malinowski was born on the 7th of April 1884 in Kraków, then part of the Austrian Partition of Poland. His father Lucjan Malinowski served…
- Conrad CeltesKonrad Bickel stood in the vineyards of Wipfeld near Schweinfurt on the 1st of February 1459. He was born into a family that expected him to become a vintner…
- Jakob LaubJakob Johann Laub was born as Jakub Laub on the 7th of February 1884 in Rzeszów. He changed his name from Jakub to Jakob Johann after converting from the…
- Leopold InfeldLeopold Infeld entered the world on the 20th of August 1898 in Kraków. His family belonged to the Polish Jewish community within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- Jan KochanowskiJan Kochanowski entered the world in 1530 at Sycyna, a village near Radom within the Kingdom of Poland. He belonged to the szlachta class, the Polish…
- Oskar HaleckiOskar Halecki entered the world on the 26th of May 1891 within the walls of Vienna. His father served as a Polish officer in the Austrian Army and rose to…