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Famous Pieniazeks I Have Encountered
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Wed, 6 Jun 2001 04:22:56 GMT
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Hi all,
In the course of doing my dissertation research in the last
year, I had pause to visit the Royal Geographical Society
archives to look through the files of Sir Charles Arden-Close,
who headed both the Geographical Section, General Staff and
(more famously!) the Ordnance Survey early in this century.
In a scrapbook on the International Congress of Geography
held 23-31 August 1934 in Warsaw complied by Close, I found
the following (p. 11):
"25th August. … At 10.15 we were taken by Jerzy Odrowaz Pieniazek, a big
pleasant man who talks English, and was in London during the War, to the
Biblioteca of the Count Zamayski. We means Mrs. Ness, Cox, Hinks, Perrier,
Count Teleki and self. This library was originally founded by Chancellor
Zamayski in 1589. … It is well worth a visit, as it contains many
treasures. As, for instance, the manuscript Ptolemy of 1450 A.D., presented
by Clement VII to a king of Poland. Many beautiful mediaeval M.S. The
printed book written by Copernicus, only printed just in time, and shown to
him on his death bed, and laid on his body when he was dead, the very copy. …"
On page 30 of the file is this fellow's calling card, which
gives his address as “Mokotowska 63.” It appears that he was
the cultural liaison from the Polish government assigned to
the Anglophone delegates, but more I have not been able to
determine. In any case it's apparent he was a fellow of some
importance and ability. Any relation, Larry? Your last name
is easy enough to slaughter that I can't see it coming across
the sea with the general late-19th-C. flow of immigrants, so
I wouldn't be surprised if there's some recent link, maybe
to this very fellow?
Just a little curiosity I ran across in the pursuit of my
own narrow interests and figured I should share.
all best
Lindsay
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| ROFL! Even if it's not, that's so interesting. And cool. BTW, I still believe I am the only Shiri Dori alive in the world (perhaps ever) and will continue believing that until someone proves me wrong. :-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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| In lugnet.people, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: What??? you don't consider ME a famous Pieniazek? My father is from a very small town near Crakow so I don't think we're all that closely related. But, the name is more common than I first thought. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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