Domeyko – geologist, mineralogist and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile
•Basia Syzdlowski REMEMBER ME. My name is Ignacy Domeyko, born in Niedzwiadka Wielka (Russian Empire) on July 31, 1802.
In my youth I was a subject of the Russian empire, however I was brought up in the culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – a multicultural state whose educated and dominant classes spoke Polish.
I enrolled at Vilnius University, known as the Imperial University of Vilno. In 1816, I was a student of mathematics and physics, studied under Jedrzej Sniadecki. I became involved with the Philomaths, a secret student organization dedicated to Polish culture and restoration of Poland s independence and was a close friend of Adam Mickiewicz.
Kolberg completes 85 volumes on Poland
•Basia Syzdlowski REMEMBER ME. Henryk Oskar Kolberg continued. I lived in Modinica until the autumn of 1884 and later moved to Cracow, living and working in modest conditions. My last field research took place in 1885, when I travelled to the regions of Sanok and Przemysl.
The years between 1885-1890, I published the following monographs starting with The Kielce Region Volumes 18-19 and the Random Region Volumes 20-21; the Lesczyca Region Volume 22, Mazovia Volumes 24-28, Pokuttia Volumes 29-32 as well as the first part of the Kalisz Region Volume 23 and the Chelm Region Volume 33.
On May 31, 1889, there was a celebration of my 50th anniversary of research organized by the scientific and artistic community of Cracow.