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Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Stanisław Kostka Potocki was a Russian writer, archaeologist, architect, journalist, military personnel and politician (1755–1821). He was born in Lublin and died in Wilanów.

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Biography

His recorded language was Polish.

He was the child of Eustachy Potocki and Marianna Kątska. He married Aleksandra Lubomirska. One child is recorded: Aleksander Stanisław Potocki.

Recorded positions include Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Podstola the Great Crown and Artillery General of the Crown. He belonged to Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and freemasonry.

Stanisław Kostka Potocki is recorded as writer, archaeologist, architect, journalist and military personnel.

Stanisław Kostka Potocki studied at Collegium Nobilium. The recorded working language is Polish.

Positions recorded include Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Podstola the Great Crown.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis, Order of the White Eagle and Order of Saint Stanislaus.

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  • O ustanowieniu i upadku konstytucyi polskíey 3go Maia 1791

  • Pochwały, mowy i rozprawy

  • O wymowie i stylu

  • O sztuce u dawnych, czyli Winckelman polski

  • Podróz do Ciemnogrodu

  • Prodróz do Ciemnogrodu, i Swistek krytyczny

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  1. 1755

    Stanisław Kostka Potocki born at Lublin.

  2. 1821

    Stanisław Kostka Potocki died at Wilanów.

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  • Lublin

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  • Wilanów

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Stanisław Kostka Potocki received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis, Order of the White Eagle and Order of Saint Stanislaus.

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  • Potocki, Stanisław Kostka, Oxford Art Online, 2003

  • Potocki Eustachy, Sitkowski Stanisław Kostka Apolinary, Historia i Świat, 2023. [Stanisław Kostka Potocki], Co znaczą wyobrażenia liberalne?, Myśl Polityczna

  • Political Thought, 2022

  • Stanisław Kostka Potocki i mowa ku czci poległych w roku 1809, Napis Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej, 2003

  • Oświeceniowa koncepcja nauki Andrzeja Trzcińskiego w Uwagach na Rozprawę o krytyce Stanisława Kostki Potockiego, Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2024

  • The Drawings of The Wilanow Collection of the Potocki Family in the National Library in Warsaw, Organisation, Album Structure and Condition, Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne, 2016

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Those registers additionally record the forms Johann Joachim Winckelmann i Stanisław Kostka Potocki - mistrzowie i uczniowie (Veranstaltung: 2014: Warschau), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) und Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755-1821) - Meister und Schüler (Veranstaltung: 2014: Warschau) and Johann Joachim Winckelmann und Stanisław Kostka Potocki - Meister und Schüler (Veranstaltung: 2014: Warschau).

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