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II.
Teestablishmentof
theUniversityofWarsaw
PlansforfoundingaUniversity
inWarsawattheturn
oftheeighteenthcentury
Tehistoryofmanyoftheworld’sgreatuniversitiesandthe
peoplewhoestablishedthemisusuallywellknown.TeUniversityof
VirginiawasfoundedbyTomasJelerson,twicePresidentoftheUnit-
edStatesofAmericaandaclosefriendofTadeuszKościuszko,1whilethe
UniversityofBerlinwasfoundedbytheoutstandingscientistAlexan-
dervonHumboldt.2TeAmericanstatesmanandGermanscholarwere
bothmembersoftheWarsawSocietyoftheFriendsofLearningand
HumboldtvisitedWarsawin1823asaguestoftheSocietyandtheUni-
versity.3However,itisstillunclearwhothefoundingfatheroftheUni-
versityofWarsawwas;thetwomaincandidatesforthetitle,Stanisław
KostkaPotockiandStanisławStaszic,andtheircollaborators,havebeen
discussedinthepreviouschapter,butadetailedstudyofthearchivesis
neededtoclarifythisissue.Nevertheless,theideatoestablishaninsti-
tutionofhighereducation,withseveralfaculties,emergedwellbefore
1815,whenPotockipresentedTsarAlexanderIwithamemorandum,
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