Między Krzemieńcem a Warszawą. Związki Liceum Wołyńskiego Uniwersytetem Warszawskim 1816–1831
Between Kremenets and Warsaw. Relations between the Volhynian Gymnasium and the University of Warsaw (1816–1831)

Summary/Abstract: The Volhynian Gymnasium (and since 1818 Lyceum) in Kremenets was one of the most importantPolish schools of the first half of the 19th century. Raising it to the rank of a lyceumcoincided with the creation of the University of Warsaw. The new school on academic leveloperating in the city of the Society of Friends of Science (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk) arousedinterest among students in Kremenets. More than a dozen of them entered the University.Moreover, teachers of the school were invited to collaborate with the University of Warsaw.In 1830 a doctor from Kremenets, Karol Kaczkowski, became university professor and head ofthe clinic of internal medicine. He left memoirs in which he colourfully described professorsof the medical faculty. On the other hand, Alojzy Feliński, who was offered professorship at theUniversity of Warsaw, preferred a job in Kremenets. Besides scientific contacts there were alsosocial relationships and family ties. Alojzy Osiński, brother of a University of Warsaw professor,Ludwik Osiński, taught Polish and Latin literature in Kremenets.

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