death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
piotrków trybunalski , poland 25 february 1943 częstochowa , warsaw governorate , congress poland 13 september 1858 pharmacist , historian and ethnographer michał rawita-witanowski
 michał rawita-witanowski university of warsaw
michał rawita-witanowski

michał rawita-witanowski -lrb- september 13 , 1858 -- february 25 , 1943 -rrb- was a polish historian and pharmacist .
michał rawita-witanowski was born in częstochowa , graduating from middle school in kielce .
from 1880 to 1884 he studied pharmacy at the university of warsaw .
from 1890 to 1907 he owned a pharmacy in kłodawa .
in 1907 he moved to piotrków trybunalski .
he was the founder of several local cultural organisations and wrote numerous publications on the history , archaeology , ethnography and geography of poland .
streets bearing his name can be found in koło and kłodawa .
