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Adam Chętnik

Polish ethnographer

Died when: 81 years 160 days (977 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Adam Chętnik

Adam Chetnik (Polish pronunciation: ['adam 'x?nt?ik]; born December 20, 1885, in Nowogród, died May 29, 1967, in Warsaw) was a Polish ethnographer who studied the Kurpie.

He is the author of several books on the Kurpie residing in Puszcza Zielona.In 1927 he founded Skansen Kurpiowski in Nowogród, an open-air museum dedicated to Kurpie culture.

He published over 100 scholarly works.He was also an elected deputy to the Sejm, as well as a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.

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