Jan Olrych Szaniecki
1783–1840 (age 57)
Biography
Jan Olrych Szaniecki was a Polish lawyer and legal professional who lived during the tumultuous period of Polish-Lithuanian history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His legal career reflected the complex political circumstances affecting the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its aftermath.
Szaniecki's life encompassed the dramatic transformations of Eastern Europe, including the Napoleonic era and its consequences for Polish territories. As a member of the educated professional class, he represented the intellectual traditions that persisted among Polish exiles and émigrés in Western Europe.