Jerzy Kłoczowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Kłoczowski

Polish historian, professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and former member of the Polish Senate

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1924

Place of Birth: Bogdany Wielkie, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2017

Profession: politician, historian, medievalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jerzy Kazimierz Kloczowski (29 December 1924, Bogdany, Poland – 2 December 2017) was a Polish historian, professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and former member of the Polish Senate.
During World War II, Kloczowski was a soldier of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) and participated in the Warsaw Uprising, where he was seriously injured and lost his right hand.
On leaving the military hospital in April 1945, he went to Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and then to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, where he earned a degree and a Ph.D.
(1950). Member of the anti-communist Solidarity movement – after the fall of communism in Poland, Kloczowski was elected Senator and member of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Senate, as well as the representative of the Polish Parliament at the Council of Europe.