Władysław Czapliński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish historian
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Place of Birth: Tuchów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Władysław Czapliński
- Wladyslaw Czaplinski (3 October 1905 in Tuchów – 17 August 1981 in Wroclaw) was a Polish historian, a professor of the University of Wroclaw, author of many popular books about Polish history. He finished his studies at the Jagiellonian University in 1927 in the Second Polish Republic, and for the next several years he was a teacher of history.
- During the Second World War he took part in the underground education in Poland during World War II.
- After the war he moved to Wroclaw, where he worked at the local university until his retirement in 1975. He received many awards, including an honoris causa diploma from University of Gdansk.
- He specialized in the 17th century: history of Denmark, Chmielnicki Uprising, Wladyslaw IV Vasa and the Thirty Years' War.
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