Z nadwarciańskiego dworu na nowojorskie salony. Działalność Erazma Józefa Jerzmanowskiego (1844-1909)
From the Warta Manor House to the New York Salons. The Activity of Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski (1844-1909)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the person of Erazm Józef Jerzmanowski (1844-1909) and his activities. He came from an old noble family living in the territories of Eastern Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) and Kujawy. He was a January Uprising insurgent born in Kalisz, an emigrant, inventor and businessman. What is more, he became one of the most important figures in the American gas industry in the 1880s and 1890s. He accumulated considerable fortune, which he devoted to philanthropic purposes and to help the Polish community, both in exile and living in Poland under partitions. In his will, he established a foundation whose size and importance were compared by Stanisław Tarnowski to that of Alfred Nobel.

• Details
• Contents