Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
Noble person
1800 – 1874
Who was Andrzej Artur Zamoyski?
Count Andrzej Artur Zamoyski was a Polish nobleman, landowner and political and economic activist.
Zamoyski organized meetings of landowners at his Klemensów estate in the Polish Congress Poland. In 1842 he became co-publisher of the Rocznik Gospodarstwa Krajowego. In 1848 he founded the Steam Navigation Company and thereafter monopolized transport on the Vistula River. He also initiated the building of steamships and barges. He was the founder and chairman of an Agricultural Society.
Zamoyski was an opponent of Aleksander Wielopolski and a principal figure in the Biali political faction. Exiled in September 1863, he settled in France, becoming part of the Polish Great Emigration. In 1872 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1800
Vienna - Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 29, 1874
Kraków
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on July 23, 2013
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