Alfred Świerkosz
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| Born | January 24, 1900 |
| Died | March 23, 1968 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, photographer |
Alfred Juliusz Świerkosz (24 January 1900 – 23 March 1968[1]) was a Polish journalist, photographer and an author of first monographs in Polish about cities of Pomerelia.
Life
[edit]He was born in Lviv as a son of Tomasz (1863–1933) and Marie (1864–1920).[2] From 1921 to 1927 he worked as a teacher in Puck. In 1929 he finished journalistic study in Kraków. During World War II he was fighting in the battle of Hel.[3]
After the end of World War II he moved to Gdańsk where he was working in Polskie Radio and was writing articles for Głos Wybrzeża.[1]
He had a wife called Maria. The couple had five children.[2]
He died on 23 March 1968 at the age of 68. He's buried at Cmentarz Oliwski in Gdańsk.[4]
Publications
[edit]- Z Wybrzeża Polskiego. Puck. Zarys Monograficzny Z Ilustracjami (1930)
- Puck: najstarszy gród nad Zatoką Pucką (1934)
- Z Wybrzeża Polskiego: Brzegiem Międzymorza: Wielka Wieś, Chałupy, Kuźnica, Jastarnia, Bór, Jurata : zarys monograficzny osad Półwyspu Helskiego (1937)
Awards
[edit]- Silver Cross of Merit
- Odznaka honorowa "Za zasługi dla miasta Gdańska"
- Odznaka honorowa "Zasłużony Pracownik Morza"
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WBPG - Rocznice" (PDF). wbpg.org.
- ^ a b "Alfred Świerkosz". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ^ a b "PTTK - wspomnienia" (PDF). ziemia.pttk.pl.
- ^ "Alfred Juliusz Świerkosz 1900 - 1968 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ^ "inauthor:"Alfred Świerkosz" - Szukaj w Google". www.google.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-10-30.
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