Edmund Naganowski

Edmund Wacław Naganowski (26 September 1853 – 28 January 1915), was a Polish publicist and writer also known under pen names E. Działosz, Latarnik[1] and Edmund Sas (Sas most likely refers to his Sas coat of arms[2]).[3]

Edmund Naganowski
Born
Edmund Wacław Naganowski

26 September 1853
Gostyń, Kingdom of Prussia
Died28 January 1915(1915-01-28) (aged 61)
Lviv, Austria-Hungary
NationalityPolish
Other namesE. Działosz, Latarnik, Edmund Sas
EducationUniversity of Dublin

Life

Naganowski was born in Gostyń, Greater Poland, then in Grand Duchy of Posen, that after 1815 was part of the Kingdom of Prussia.[4] After finishing his studies in England, he was a teacher in a high school in Waterford in Ireland and he later worked at the British Museum.[1] On 14 February 1903 he became naturalized in Great Britain, under the name Edmund Sas de Naganowski.[5][6]

He served as secretary of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland in London[7]

He is credited with the introduction of scouting in Poland.[7]

Monica Mary Gardner acknowledged the influence and support of Naganowski on her interests in Polish culture from 1899 to the outbreak of the First World War.[8]

References
  1. A footnote in the collection of letters by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Listy Part 1. Marian Albiński-Cyprian Godebski, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1977
  2. "Edmund Wacław Naganowski h. Sas (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)". Sejm-wielki.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. Izabela Zbiegniewska, Pseudonimy i kryptonimy pisarzów polskich, M. Arcta, 1905, p. 24
  4. Jan Dąbrowski, Polacy w Anglii i o Anglii, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1962, Chapter "Anglofil Edmund Naganowski", pp. 260–317
  5. Nationality and Naturalisation: de Naganowski, Edmund Sas, from Austria-Hungary
  6. Papers by Command, Volume 78, H.M. Stationery Office, 1904, "Aliens"
  7. Preface to the 2014 reprint of the 1913 book, Andrzej Małkowski, Scouting in Poland, ISBN 978-83-7850-735-2 (paperback), ISBN 978-83-7850-681-2 (hard)
  8. Monica Mary Gardner, The Anonymous Poet of Poland, Zygmunt Krasinski, University Press, 1919, Preface, p.vi

Further reading
  • Naganowski Edmund, in: Literatura polska. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny. Warszawa 1984 PWN Vol.1: A-M. p. 9.


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