Natalia Kicka
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| Born | August 6, 1806 Vilnius, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 4, 1888 (aged 86–87) Warsaw, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Polish |
Natalia Anna Kicka (6 August 1806–4 April 1888) was a Polish archaeologist, numismatist and social activist.
Biography
[edit]Natalia Anna Kicka was born as the eldest of four daughters to Piotr Bisping, marshal of Wołkowysk and Józefa Kicka and grew up on a family estate in Hołowczyce.[1]
Kicka collected coins and medals and worked with several pioneers of the numismatic movement in Poland, especially Karol Beyer, Emeryk Huten-Czapski and Kazimierz Strończyński.[2] In the 1870s she conducted archaeological excavations in Kujawy on the so-called Kuyavian Pyramids.[3]
She married Ludwik Kicki, in January 1831. He died in the same year at the Battle of Ostrołęka (1831). Her memoirs are a valuable historical source for the November Uprising.[1] Kicka is buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.[4]
Memoirs
[edit]- Pamiętniki; wstęp i przypisy Józef Dutkiewicz; tekst opracowal, przypisy uzupełnił oraz indeksy sporządził Tadeusz Szafrański. Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy “Pax”, 1972
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Adrianna Szczerba (2017). "PIONIERKI POLSKIEJ ARCHEOLOGII". Kwartalnik Historii Nauki I Techniki. 62 (4): 139–150.
- ^ Krzysztof Filipow (2013). "Natalia Kicka (1801–1888) – patriotka i kolekcjonerka "pamiątek narodowych"". Збирник наукових статей” (in Polish). 33: 159–167.
- ^ Natalia Kicka (1876). "Żale Żurawieckie". Wiadomości Archeologiczne (in Polish). 3.
- ^ "Pomniki - szczegóły" (in Polish). Warszawskie Zabytkowe Pomniki Nagrobne. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
