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Karol Langie
1814–1889
A 19th-century Polish journalist, writer, and economist, he wrote about public life with the urgency of someone deeply involved in it. His surviving work points to a strong interest in social and economic questions, especially the hardships faced in Galicia.
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O Sprawie Glodowej W Galicyi 1866 Luzne Uwagi
by Karol Langie
About the author
Born on November 1, 1814, in Białobrzegi and died on September 28, 1889, in Kraków, Karol Jan Nepomucen Ignacy Langie was a Polish journalist, writer, and economist. He also took part in underground independence movements and served as a deputy to the Austrian Constituent Assembly during the revolutionary year 1848.
After studying law at the University of Lviv, he worked in legal and administrative roles before becoming more publicly engaged in politics and writing. The record that survives online presents him as a figure shaped by the political struggles of partitioned Poland and by the practical economic problems of Galicia.
The best-known work that is readily confirmed today is O Sprawie Głodowej W Galicyi 1866, a book on the famine crisis in Galicia, available through Project Gutenberg. That subject fits the broader picture of Langie as a writer concerned not only with ideas, but with everyday social conditions and public welfare.