Józef Montwiłł, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Józef Montwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian social worker, bank owner and philanthropist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1850

Place of Birth: Mitėniškiai, Lithuania

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1911

Profession: politician, economist, banker, social worker

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Józef Montwiłł

  • Józef Montwill Lithuanian: Juozapas Montvila (9 March 1850 in Miteniškiai (now Kedainiai district, Lithuania) – 7 February 1911) was a Polish-Lithuanian social worker, bank owner and philanthropist, notable for the many social societies he founded.
  • A descendant of a Lithuanian noble family, Montwill inherited a significant fortune, which he further increased through banking and investment.
  • He financed numerous courses for the poor, among them was a class of painting and arts, run by - among others - Józef Balzukiewicz and Ivan Trutnev, from which graduated a renowned Lithuanian artist Juozas Zikaras.
  • In 1898 Montwill also financed a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius, designed by Tadeusz Stryjenski.
  • As the tsarist authorities did not allow the monument to be placed in open space, it was built inside the Saint John's Church.
  • Montwill also created the Lutnia Artistic Society and financed the construction of the society's theatre, in currently Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.
  • Among other societies he formed and financed was the Society of Friends of Sciences, one of the founding members of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
  • Montwill also financed the creation of a Polish school in Vilnius (1907), a city hall in Panevežys; built already after his death, and the Polish Theatre in Vilnius (in modern times converted to Russian Dramatic Theatre of Lithuania).
  • He died in 1911 and was buried at the Rossa cemetery (Lithuanian: Rasos).
  • His tomb, designed by Zygmunt Otto, was decorated with a sculpture of an angel.
  • Although vandalized in recent times, the tomb remains there.
  • In 1935 a monument to Montwill was erected in front of the Franciscan Church.
  • A monument in his honour was built in the square, located in the former Franciscan cemetery in the Trakai Street of Vilnius. In modern times the Polish Culture in Lithuania Fund (Polish: Fundacja Kultury Polskiej na Litwie im.
  • Józefa Montwilla) has adtoped Montwill as its patron.

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