Explorers and travellersScience
Paweł Edmund Strzelecki
1797 - 1873 · Explorer, Geologist · b. in Głuszyna
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Polish-born explorer of Australia (1797-1873)
Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, also known as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki and Sir Paul Strzelecki, was a Polish explorer, geologist, humanitarian, environmentalist, nobleman, scientist, businessman and philanthropist who in 1845 also became a British subject.
Key achievements
- 01Named and surveyed Mount Kosciuszko
- 02Geological research of Australia
- 03Relief work during the Great Famine in Ireland
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