Count Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer, and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland. Outside Poland he is known chiefly for his novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
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Jan Potocki
×ClosePolish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian
Born | 8 Mar 1761 |
Died | 23 Dec 1815 |
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Jan Potocki
×ClosePolish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian
Born | 8 Mar 1761 |
Died | 23 Dec 1815 |
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Description and travel, History, Ancient History, Biography, Egyptian Chronology, Ethnology, Fiction, Fiction, general, Translations into English, Translations into Polish, Travelers, Voyages and travels, Adventure stories, Early works to 1800, French Short stories, French fiction, French literature, Gothic fiction, Historical Chronology, History, Ancient, Horror fiction, Journeys, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Polish literaturePlaces
Egypt, Astrakhanʹ (Russia), Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Volynsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2937134A
- ISNI: 0000000120956008
- VIAF: 12313908
- Wikidata: Q367109
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q367109
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- Potocki, Jan hrabia
- Jean Potocki
- Potocki
- Potocki J
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- Potocki, Jan hrabia.
- Potocki, Jan, hrabia
- Potocki, Jan, count
- Jan Graf Potocki
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October 30, 2019 | Edited by dcapillae | Added bio from Wikipedia |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |