Stanisław Kulczyński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish politician and botanist
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Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Stanisław Kulczyński
- Stanislaw Leon Kulczynski (9 May 1895 – 12 July 1975) was a Polish botanist and politician.Son of Wladyslaw Kulczynski the zoologist.
- Professor of Lwów University (in the Second Polish Republic, its rector from 1936).
- He resigned his position at the university in 1938 in protest of the institution of ghetto benches, writing to the Minister of Education that "if one destroys a power plant, it is dark at once, but if one destroys the Universities, it is dark fifty years hence." Member of the Polish Secret State, he took part in underground education in Poland during World War II.
- After the war, when Lwów was annexed by the Soviet Union, he moved to "Regained Territories" (Wroclaw), where he became active in the Wroclaw University and Wroclaw Politechnic.
- He joined the Stronnictwo Demokratyczne party, was elected to Sejm and was a member of several governmental commissions.
- Stanislaw Kulczynski was deputy chairman of the Polish Council of State 1956–1969 and as such one of four acting chairmen of the Chairmen of the Council of State (head of state) from 7 to 12 August 1964.
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