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Moschzisker (Moscicki), Francis A. M.D., Ph.D.
Author, oculist. Born in Poland. Graduated from the Cadetten School of Vienna; received a commission in the Austrian army, but in the uprising of 1848 he left and joined the Hungarian Legion. Captured, imprisoned, escaped and fled to England, where he devoted himself to literature and the study of medicine; became professor of modern languages in King's College, London. While there wrote a book: "Guide to German Literature." Came to U.S. where he won success as an oculist. In America he published a work: "The Ear and The Eye." Died 1881 in Washington, D. C. The Washington Post said of him: "A native of Poland, of a noble family, von Moschzisker was romantically in love with his country and ever bold in its behalf; of marked and great ability
... a citizen of the world, a scholar and conversationalist." Deceased.

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

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