Konrad Prószyński
Konrad Prószyński | |
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| Born | 19 February 1851 Mińsk Litewski, now Minsk |
| Died | 8 July 1908 (aged 57) Warsaw |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery |
| Pen name | Kazimierz Promyk |
| Nationality | Polish |
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Konrad Prószyński (19 February 1851 – 8 July 1908), pen name Kazimierz Promyk, was a Polish writer and editor from the Russian Empire. He was the author of primers (textbooks), editor-in-chief of Gazeta Świąteczna (Holiday Gazette); the founder of secret Society for National Education (Towarzystwo Oświaty Narodowej) under foreign Partitions, and the author of well received Pictorial Literacy (1879) primer. He was father of a Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński.