June 23, 2014 <Back to Index> Physician and Social Activist Karol Marcinkowski, 1800 Composer Stéphane Raoul Pugno, 1852 3rd President of Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa, 1924 This page is sponsored by: PAGE SPONSOR

Karol Marcinkowski (23 June 1800 in Poznań – 6 November 1846) was a Polish physician, social activist in the Greater Poland region (also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań), supporter of the basic education (Praca organiczna) programs, organizer of the Scientific Help Society (Towarzystwo Pomocy Naukowej) and the Poznań Bazar (Bazar Poznański) - the Polish mall in Poznań that included a hotel, meeting rooms, crafts and shops.