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.

Wacław Zygmunt Anczyc

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