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Authorised form of namePoczobut; Martin Odlanicky (1728 - 1810)
Dates1728 - 1810
Place of birthSloncanka, Poland
Date of birth30 October 1728
Date of death08 February 1810
OccupationAstronomer
ActivityEducation:
Studied with Jesuits, Grodno, Poland
Career:
Became a Jesuit (1745); travelled in France, Germany and Italy (1760); returned to Wilna and taught astronomy (1764); Astronomer to Stanislaus August, King of Poland; when the Jesuits were suppressed in Poland he retired to Dunaburg, Livonia (1773)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/05/1771
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA2553
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1771/13Poczobut, Martin Odlanicky: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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