Stanisław Salmonowicz (9 November 1931 – 24 May 2022) was a Polish historian, professor of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, [1] and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning [2] and History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. [1]
He specialised in the history of law, Polish history from the time of the Polish Enlightenment to World War II, and history of Polish-German relations. [2] He has been described as one of the premier Polish authorities in the field of the history of law. [2]
Salmonowicz was born on 9 November 1931 in Brzesc nad Bugiem. [2] He got his doctorate in law in 1959 at the University of Warsaw. [1] His thesis was about a city of Toruń lawyer Krystian Bogumił Steiner (1746–1814). [1] In 1959 he began working at the Jagiellonian University, where he finished his habilitation in 1966 with a thesis about criminal law of the enlightened absolutism era. [1] From that year he moved to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he served as the vice dean. [1] In 1970 due to his ties to another historian, Paweł Jasienica, he was arrested for anti-governmental activism by the Polish communist authorities of the People's Republic of Poland and fired from the university in the next year. [1] [2] In 1972 he began work at the History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences where he would work until 2003. [1] From 1981 he resumed his work at the University of Toruń. [1] In 1983 he received the rank of special professor (nadzwyczajny) and in 1989, the higher rank of the regular professor (zwyczajny). [1] He has also served as a guest lecturer at a number of universities outside Poland. [2]
Salmonowicz received a medal for "Deeds for City of Toruń" (Za Zasługi dla Miasta Torunia) [1] [3] and the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity in 2012. [4] In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Jagiellonian University. [5]
Salmonowicz in Toruń on 24 May 2022, at the age of 90. [6]
Salmonowicz published about 1,200 works, including over 40 books, including a number of textbooks. [2]
Stanisław Salmonowicz (9 November 1931 – 24 May 2022) was a Polish historian, professor of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, [1] and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning [2] and History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. [1]
He specialised in the history of law, Polish history from the time of the Polish Enlightenment to World War II, and history of Polish-German relations. [2] He has been described as one of the premier Polish authorities in the field of the history of law. [2]
Salmonowicz was born on 9 November 1931 in Brzesc nad Bugiem. [2] He got his doctorate in law in 1959 at the University of Warsaw. [1] His thesis was about a city of Toruń lawyer Krystian Bogumił Steiner (1746–1814). [1] In 1959 he began working at the Jagiellonian University, where he finished his habilitation in 1966 with a thesis about criminal law of the enlightened absolutism era. [1] From that year he moved to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he served as the vice dean. [1] In 1970 due to his ties to another historian, Paweł Jasienica, he was arrested for anti-governmental activism by the Polish communist authorities of the People's Republic of Poland and fired from the university in the next year. [1] [2] In 1972 he began work at the History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences where he would work until 2003. [1] From 1981 he resumed his work at the University of Toruń. [1] In 1983 he received the rank of special professor (nadzwyczajny) and in 1989, the higher rank of the regular professor (zwyczajny). [1] He has also served as a guest lecturer at a number of universities outside Poland. [2]
Salmonowicz received a medal for "Deeds for City of Toruń" (Za Zasługi dla Miasta Torunia) [1] [3] and the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity in 2012. [4] In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Jagiellonian University. [5]
Salmonowicz in Toruń on 24 May 2022, at the age of 90. [6]
Salmonowicz published about 1,200 works, including over 40 books, including a number of textbooks. [2]