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Gurowski, Adam

Author. Born in Rusocice, Poland, Sept. 10, 1805. Was expelled in 1818 and again in 1819 from the "gimnasium" at Warsaw and Kalisz for revolutionary demonstrations. He continued his studies in universities of Germany. Returned to Warsaw in 1825. Took part in Polish insurrection in 1830. When it failed he made his residence in Paris. There became conspicuous in political and military circles. The Russian government sentenced him to death and confiscated his property. In 1835 he published "La verite ha Russie" in which he advocated a union of branches of the Slavic race. The idea was favored by the Russian government and he was recalled to Russia though his estates were not restored. In 1844 he was involved in a quarrel and left Russia, spent some time in Germany and Switzerland where for two years he taught Political Economy in the university at Bern. Then he went to Italy; in 1849 came to U.S.; was engaged in literary pursuits and became deeply interested in American politics. During 1861-63 was employed in State Dept. at Washington, D. C. Before he came to America he published the following books: "La Civilisation et Ia Russie," St. Petersburg, 1840; "Pensies sur lavenir de Polonaise," Berlin, 1841; "Ans meinem Gedankenbuche," Breslan, 1843; "Eine Tour durch Belgien," Heidelberg, 1845; "Impressons et souvenirs," Lausanne, 1846; "Die Letzten Ereignisse in den drei Theilen des Alten Polen," Munich, 1846; "La Panslavisma," Florence, 1848. In America, he published the following: "Russia as It Is," New York, 1854; "The Turkish Question," 1854; "A Year of War," 1855; "America and Europe," 1857; "Slavery in History," 1860; "My Diary Notes on the Civil War," 3 vols., 1862 1866. Co-editor of New York Tribune. Died in Washington, D. C., May 4, 1866.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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