Nieporozumienia i konflikty personalne między Polakami i cudzoziemcami w środowisku naukowym Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego z lat 1803–1825
Disagreements and personal conflicts in the scientific community of Vilnius University in the years 1803–1825

Author(s): Jolanta Kowal
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Foreigners;„Dziennik Wileński”;Józef Frank;Polish People;Jan Śniadecki;Vilnius University;Vilnius
Summary/Abstract: Along with the creation of the Imperial Vilnius University in 1803, an extensive action of recruiting foreigners to professorial positions started on the initiative of the Prince Curator — Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. The professors-Poles, gathered around Jan Śniadecki, who opposed to this idea from the very beginning. This division into the Poles and foreigners began to speak for itself within the scientific community of the college from then on. Not only ethnic, but political and economic differences were the reason of a mutual animosity. This obviously had a negative influence on the efficiency of scientific activity of Vilnius University, for example, on publishing magazines whose editors were predominantly recruited exactly from the intellectual circle of Vilnius Alma Mater. These fights between both clans lasted till about 1825 when their chief participants (G.E. Groddeck, J. Frank, J. Śniadecki or S.B. Jundziłł) left the stage.

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