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Jan Ferdynand Nax

Jan Ferdynand Nax (April 1736 – 19 January 1810) was an architect, economist, social reformer and adviser on the navigability and conservation of Poland's water resources. While he was born in Gdańsk, and was of German origin, Nax spent most of his life in Poland and was strongly assimilated into Polish society. He was a close adviser Poland's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski, in the king's failed attempts reform which preceded the First Partition of Poland, among Russia, Prussia and Austria, in 1772.

Jan Ferdynand Nax

Born
1736 · Gdańsk.
Died
1810 · Warsaw.
Nationality
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Occupation
economist · architect · writer · opinion journalist
Fields
architecture · economics · opinion journalism
Known for
Dembiński Palace in Szczekociny
Languages
Polish

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Jan Ferdynand Nax (April 1736 – 19 January 1810) was an architect, economist, social reformer and adviser on the navigability and conservation of Poland's water resources. While he was born in Gdańsk, and was of German origin, Nax spent most of his life in Poland and was strongly assimilated into Polish society. He was a close adviser Poland's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski, in the king's failed attempts reform which preceded the First Partition of Poland, among Russia, Prussia and Austria, in 1772.

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