Wacław Anczyc

Wacław Zygmunt Anczyc (February 4, 1866, in Warsaw – September 27, 1938, in Kraków) was a Polish printer and historian, son of Władysław Ludwik Anczyc.^[1] He studied history at the Jagiellonian University Faculty of Literature and in Leipzig. After 1883, when his father died, he inherited a printing press in Kraków. In 1900 he moved his printing press to the monastery of the Resurrection. He expanded and modernized the industry, making a large contribution to the development of printing in Poland.^[2] In 1908 he founded a compulsory school for students of printing in Kraków.

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^ Encyklopedia popularna PWN, wyd. 27, Warszawa 1997, s. 33.
^ Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1977). Listy. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. p. 43. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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[1] Encyklopedia popularna PWN, wyd. 27, Warszawa 1997, s. 33.

[Sienkiewicz1977-2] Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1977). Listy. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. p. 43. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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