Fryderyk Skarbek

Also known as Fryderyk Florian Skarbek

Fryderyk Florian Skarbek, a member of the Polish nobility, was an economist, novelist, historian, social activist, administrator, politician, and penologist who designed the Pawiak Prison of World War II ill fame.

Occupation: economist, writer, painter, historian
Citizenship: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russian Empire
Born: February 15, 1792
Died: November 25, 1866, October 25, 1866

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Fryderyk Florian Skarbek (15 February 1792 – 25 September 1866), a member of the Polish nobility, was an economist, novelist, historian, social activist, administrator, politician, and penologist who designed the Pawiak Prison of World War II ill fame. He is also known for his friendship with his godson Frédéric Chopin and Chopin's family. His son Józef would marry Chopin's erstwhile fiancée, Maria Wodzińska. Life Fryderyk (in English, "Frederick") Skarbek lived during a complex historic period: beginning in independent Poland, continuing from 1793 in Prussian Poland, later in the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–13) created by Napoleon, then from 1815 in the Kingdom of Poland, whose king was the Tsar of Russia. Childhood and education (1792-1818)

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Also known as Fryderyk Florian Skarbek

About Fryderyk Skarbek

About Fryderyk Skarbek

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