Joachim Lelewel was a Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, polyglot and politician.
10 Facts About Joachim Lelewel
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Five years later, Joachim Lelewel returned to Warsaw, where he was elected a deputy to the Sejm of Congress Poland.
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Joachim Lelewel joined the November 1830 Uprising with more enthusiasm than energy, though Tsar Nicholas I identified him as one of the most dangerous rebels.
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Joachim Lelewel is considered the author of the motto: "For our freedom and yours".
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Joachim Lelewel went to Brussels, where for nearly thirty years he earned a scanty livelihood by his writings.
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In 1846 Joachim Lelewel joined the Polish Democratic Association and before the 1846 Krakow uprising he wrote an appeal "To my countrymen in the Ukraine".
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Joachim Lelewel died 29 May 1861 in Paris, where he had moved a few days earlier.
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Joachim Lelewel intended to write a complete history of Poland on an extensive scale, but never accomplished the task.
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Joachim Lelewel's style is too often careless, and his narrative is not picturesque, but his expressions are frequently terse and incisive.
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Joachim Lelewel wrote an autobiography, printed in his Polska.