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Sculptor born and died in Kraków. He studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts and in Vienna, participant of the January Uprising. In the years 1876-1889 he taught sculpture at the SSP, but quit teaching due to eye disease. He died while already blind in the Helclów Institution. It

Musician, conductor, composer, born in Kraków in 1888, died in a plane crash near Piaseczno. A graduate of the Sobieski Gymnasium, he graduated in law at the Jagiellonian University and in medicine under the supervision of Żeleński and Nowowiejski. His whole family was very musical, he himself played the organ,

Set designer, graphic artist, painter and director. Born in Cieszków in 1877, died in Kraków in 1963. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Munich University of Technology, then in Kraków at the Art History Academy. He studied stage design in Vienna and continued his studies in Paris

Bookseller, social activist, mayor of Krakow. Daniel’s son. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the Jagiellonian University, and after his death, he took over the bookstores at the Main Square. He gathered a collection of engravings for the history of Poland – now they are in the Historical Museum.

Bookseller, Daniel’s brother, and son of John. Born in Krakow in 1811, died in Warsaw in 1873. After the outbreak of the November Uprising, he crossed the border and joined the 5 th Lancers Regiment, with which he fought in the entire insurgent company. Then he learned the profession of

Watchmaker, son of Jan Jerzy Fryderyk and brother of Daniel Edward. Born and died in Kraków in 1808-1891. He did not follow the path trodden by the family, but he learned the profession of a watchmaker, achieving a two-time championship in this profession. He produced wall and standing clocks, signed

Bookseller, bookbinder, publisher, born in Krakow in 1802, died in Krzeszowice in 1855. The son of Jan Jerzy Fryderyk, he acquired his knowledge from him and from his travels. He worked in his father’s bookstore, but after a few years he also started his own. After his father’s death, he

Bookbinder, bookseller, the youngest of the sons of Pastor Karol Fryderyk and Elżbieta Rebecca Sybil. He was born in 1771 in Deuten, and died in 1834 in Kraków. After learning the profession of a bookbinder, Jan Jerzy Fryderyk left his hometown to perfect his profession while traveling around the world,

A family of famous Krakow gardeners. Karol came to Krakow in 1857 from Opole Silesia, brought by Count. Piotr Moszczynski, for whom he established an English park and a flower garden at his palace in Lubicz. He was educated in gardening in Germany and England. Karol’s son, also a gardener,

Family from the Bavarian town of Deutenheim, near Wurzburg. Pastor Karol Fryderyk Friedlein lived there with his wife Elżbieta Rebeka Sibyl née Steinhauserin, they had nine children. The young people went all over the world, but one of them came to Krakow. A family legend said that they were not