Leon Barszczewski
Leon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer. He was a subject of the Russian Empire. At the Paris exposition of 1895, he won a gold medal for his photographs of minerals.
Leon Barszczewski
Adolf Gancwol-Ganiewski · Wystawa zdjęć Leona Barszczewskiego, ze zbiorów Igora Strojeckiego · Public domain
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- 1849
- Died
- 1910
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- Poland · Russian Empire
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- photographer · archaeologist · naturalist · scientist · botanist · ethnographer · cartographer
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Leon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer. He was a subject of the Russian Empire. At the Paris exposition of 1895, he won a gold medal for his photographs of minerals.
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1849
Leon Barszczewski was born in 1849.
1910
Leon Barszczewski died at Częstochowa.
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