Franciszek Ksawery Vetulani (15 November 1856 – 11 December 1921) was a Polish engineer.

Franciszek Vetulani
Franciszek Vetulani with his family.
Born(1856-11-15)15 November 1856
Died11 December 1921(1921-12-11) (aged 65)
CitizenshipAustrian
Polish
Occupationengineer

Biography

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He was born in Bochnia[1] as the son of Michał Vetulani and Franciszka née Śliwińska. He had brothers Jan (1843–1918) and Roman (1849–1906) and sisters Aniela and Józefa. He attended Realschule and graduated with a maturity exam.[1] Then he studied at the Lviv Polytechnic from 1873 until 1878. That year he obtained an engineer degree. He passed a second national exam. To learn, he travelled around Europe, visiting several countries including Germany and Czech Republic.[1] He worked in Tarnów as a second-class engineer and in 1892 was made first-class engineer.[2][3] Working as a clerk at the drainage office of the National Department in Lviv at the end of 1890s he was a director of the management office of the national branch of drainage in Tarnow.[1][4] In 1911 as a senior engineer he was a head of construction-branches in Kraków.[5][6] He obtained a title of construction engineer of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[7][8]

On 15 May 1903 he became a member of the department of agricultural society in Tarnów.[9] Thanks to his efforts the Governorship of Galicia granted loans for the construction of school barracks in Pogórska Wola, Łęka Siedlecka, Golanka and Wołowa ad Tuchów, where the original school buildings were burnt after the invasion of the Great War.[7]

He died on 11 December 1921 in Warsaw[10] and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.

He was married to Katarzyna Ipohorska-Lenkiewicz coat of arms Kotwicz (1868–1915). They had four children: Stanisław, Maria (1898–1944, combatant for Poland's independence), Zofia and Cecylia (1908–1980, an art historian).

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Księga pamiątkowa Towarzystwa "Bratniej Pomocy" Słuchaczów Politechniki we Lwowie (wydana z powodu Zjazdu z dnia 12. lipca 1894 byłych słuchaczów Akademii technicznej, następnie Szkoły politechnicznej we Lwowie). Lwów. 1897. p. 276.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Kronika. Nominacye w Wydziale krajowym". Gazeta Lwowska (in Polish): 3. 24 April 1892.
  3. ^ "Kronika bieżąca. Personalia". Czasopismo Towarzystwa Technicznego Krakowskiego (in Polish). Krakowskie Towarzystwo Techniczne: 153. 1 May 1892.
  4. ^ Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkim Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1895 (PDF). Lwów. 1895. p. 233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkim Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1911. Lwów: Prezydyum C.K. Namiestnictwa. 1911. p. 357.
  6. ^ Janusz Wojtycza (22 May 2003). "Maria Vetulani de Nisau (1898−1944)". Gazeta Wyborcza Kraków (in Polish): 8.
  7. ^ a b "Z kraju. Tarnów". Gazeta Lwowska (in Polish): 2. 29 December 1916.
  8. ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie für das Jahr 1918. Vienna. 1918. p. 994.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ "Kronika. Tarnów". Nowa Reforma (in Polish): 3. 20 May 1903.
  10. ^ "Franciszek Vetulani". nekrologi-baza.pl. Retrieved 12 December 2016.