Stanisław Srokowski

Stanisław Józef Srokowski (8 July 1872 in Węgrzce - 20 August 1950 in Warsaw) was a Polish geographer and diplomat.

Srokowski joined the Polish diplomatic service in 1920 and became the Polish Consul at Odesa and Königsberg. In 1923-1924 he was the Voivode of the Wołyń Voivodeship and became the Director of the Polish Baltic Institute at Toruń in 1926.

Srokowski was also a professor at the University of Warsaw prior to World War II and President of the Polish Geographical Society.

In 1946-1950 he was the head of the Polish Committee for Settling of Place Names (Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości), which determined the names of towns and villages in the territories that became again part of Poland after World War II.

Srokowski died in 1950, the village of Dryfort was renamed ''Srokowo'' in his memory. Provided by Wikipedia