Ludwik Gorzkowski

Ludwik Jędrzej Gorzkowski was a Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist, one of the organizers of the Kraków uprising, during which he was a member of the newly formed Polish [National Government (Kraków Uprising)|Polish National Government] alongside Jan Tyssowski and.

Life

Gorzkowski was born on in Kraków. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Kraków and received his doctorate in 1835.
A physicist by profession, he cooperated with the of the Polish [Democratic Society], and maintained contacts with Edward Dembowski. He co-authored the plan of the Kraków uprising in 1846 and the project of the composition of the provisional Polish National Government, in which he was to represent the Free [City of Cracow]. After the arrests of the conspirators in Greater Poland, he did not give up plans for the uprising and joined the National Government together with Jan Tyssowski, Aleksander Grzegorzewski and.