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Polish archaeologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryszard Wołągiewicz (19 June 1933 – 14 January 1994) was a Polish archaeologist. He was director of National Museum, Szczecin for many years and a well known specialist on the Pre-Roman Iron Age and Roman Iron Age in East-Central Europe.
Ryszard Wołągiewicz | |
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Born | Vilnius, Poland | June 19, 1933
Died | 14 January 1994 60) | (aged
Nationality | Polish |
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Institutions | National Museum, Szczecin |
Main interests | Pre-Roman Iron Age and Roman Iron Age in East-Central Europe |
Ryszard Wołągiewicz was born in Vilnius on 19 June 1933. His father Fabian Wołągiewicz (1908–1940) was murdered in the Katyn massacre along with other prominent male members of the family, and in June 1940 Ryszard and his mother and brother were deported by the Soviet Union to the Komi Republic. They returned to Poland in 1946, and Wołągiewicz graduated from high school in Choszczno in 1952.
In 1952, Wołągiewicz started studying archaeology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, gaining his MA in 1956 with a thesis on the Hallstatt culture. He subsequently worked at the National Museum, Szczecin, and was appointed director in 1980. The research of Wołągiewicz centered on the Pre-Roman Iron Age and Roman Iron Age in East-Central Europe. He was the author of many publications on these subjects. He gained a PhD in 1993 with a thesis on the ceramics of the Wielbark culture.
Wołągiewicz died in Szczecin on 14 January 1994. The museum Muzeum Ziemi Choszczeńskiej, founded in 1994, is dedicated to Wołągiewicz.
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