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Hugo Kołłątaj was a towering figure of the Polish Enlightenment: a statesman, political writer and philosopher, as well as a promoter of science and education. He was a spokesman for socio-economic and political changes and a co-creator of the Constitution of 3rd May 1791.
Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie ), located in Kraków, Poland, became a university by decree of the Council of Ministers as of 28 September 1972. Formerly, it was known as the Higher College of Agriculture, as well as other names, since its establishment in 1890.
KO Ł Ł Ą TAJ, HUGO (1750 – 1812), Polish cleric, reformer of education, politician, promoter of Enlightenment thought, historian, and philosopher. Born in Dederkaly (Volhynia), the youngest son of an impoverished gentry family, he soon chose the clerical path of material and social advancement.
University of Agriculture in Krakow. University. History. First attempts at teaching agriculture as a university subject were made in Poland by the end of the 18th century. In 1776 Rev. Hugo Kołłątaj suggested forming the Chair of Agronomy as a part of projected reform of the Main Royal School (Szkoła Głowna Koronna).
Jan 21, 2021 · Knowledge Base, People. January 21, 2021. Kołłątaj Hugo, born in 1750 in Derkały Wielkie in Volhynia, was a famous Polish education reformer, writer, canon of Krakow and doctor of philosophy of the Krakow Academy (Polish: Akademia Krakowska, which is now called the Jagiellonian University ).
January 01, 2017. Cite. Share. Permissions. Abstract. The overlooked geological ideas of Hugo Kołłątaj (1750–1812), who was well known as a progressive Polish Enlightenment statesman and Catholic writer, are presented. Following the Kościuszko insurrection, he was imprisoned in Olomouc from 1795 to 1802.
Dec 2, 2016 · Methodological uniformitarianism of Hugo Kołłątaj: an unknown Polish precursor of the Lyellian geological paradigm. Author: Grzegorz Racki Authors Info & Affiliations. Publication: Geological Society, London, Special Publications. Volume 442. Pages 81 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP442.29. Get Access. Abstract.
