page_title: Stanisław Staszic
hierarchical_section_title: Stanisław Staszic
caption_attribution_description: English: Stanisław Staszic. According to the following article [1] as well as the following book ([https://books.google.com/books?id=eUUjAQAAMAAJ Stanisław Staszic: materiały sesji Staszicowskiej&#160;: Piła, 19-20 września 1995], p.170) this is a portrait from 22 February 1826 by Franciszek Sobolewski
context_page_description: Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic was a leading figure in the Polish Enlightenment: a Catholic priest, philosopher, geologist, writer, poet, translator and statesman. A physiocrat, monist, pan-Slavist and laissez-fairist, he supported many reforms in Poland. He is particularly remembered for his political writings during the "Great Sejm" and for his support of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, adopted by that Sejm.
  He co-founded the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, of which he became president. He served as a member of the State Council of the Duchy of Warsaw and as minister of trade and industry in Congress Poland. Staszic is seen as the father of Polish geology, statistics, sociology, Tatra Mountains studies and exploration, mining and industry.
context_section_description: Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic [staˈɲiswaf ˈstaʂit͡s] (baptised 6 November 1755 – 20 January 1826) was a leading figure in the Polish Enlightenment: a Catholic priest, philosopher, geologist, writer, poet, translator and statesman. A physiocrat, monist, pan-Slavist (after 1815) and laissez-fairist, he supported many reforms in Poland. He is particularly remembered for his political writings during the "Great (Four-Year) Sejm" (1788–92) and for his support of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, adopted by that Sejm.
  He co-founded the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (precursor to the Polish Academy of Sciences), of which he became president. He served as a member of the State Council of the Duchy of Warsaw and as minister of trade and industry in Congress Poland. Staszic is seen as the father of Polish geology, statistics, sociology, Tatra Mountains studies and exploration, mining and industry.
caption: Stanisław Staszic
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