Jerzy Wyrozumski

Jerzy Lesław Wyrozumski (7 March 1930 – 2 November 2018) was a historian, medievalist, professor at the Jagiellonian University, in the years 1981–1986 dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the Jagiellonian University, in the years 1987–1990 Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University, organizer, member and, in the years 1994–2015, secretary general of the revived Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, between 1980 and 2015 president of the .

He graduated in history from the Jagiellonian University in 1955. In 1963 he obtained doctorate upon thesis ''Tkactwo małopolskie w wiekach średnich'' (''Weaving in Lesser Poland in the Middle Ages'') supervised by Roman Grodecki.

One of his students, Krzysztof Ożóg, wrote that Jerzy Wyrozumski "was a man of great wisdom, kindness and modesty, with a deep love for truth and science." Provided by Wikipedia