Background
Pirozynski, Jan was born on March 7, 1936 in Tarnów, Poland. Son of Boleslaw and Helena (Jarosz) Pirozynski.
Pirozynski, Jan was born on March 7, 1936 in Tarnów, Poland. Son of Boleslaw and Helena (Jarosz) Pirozynski.
Master of Arts, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 1957. Doctor in History, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 1968. Habilitation, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 1987.
Archivist State Archive, Krakow, 1958-1959. Library Jagiellonian Library., 1959-1965, senior library, 1965-1967, adjunct, 1967-1972, certified custodian, 1972-1973, senior certified custodian, 1973-1988, assistant professor, since 1988, deputy director, 1978-1981, director, 1981-1993. Professor, head department modern history Jagellonian University, 1991-1993, professor librarianship and information science, 1993-1996, professor modern history Institute History, since 1996.
Member examination committee for diploma'd libraries, Warsaw, since 1984. Member scientific committee The National Library, Warsaw, since 1981.
Author: Warsaw Sjem 1570, 1972, Cracow Printing of the 15th-16th Century, 1975, Princess of Brunsvick Sophia Jagello, 1986, The News from Poland as Colected in the Pamphlets of Johann Jakob Wick in Zürich, 1560-1587, 1995, Johannes Gutenberg and the Beginning of the Age of the Printing, 2002. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member Solidarity Party, since 1980. Member Polish Libraries Association, Polish History Association, Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, Leibniz-Sozietät.
Literature, sport, tourism.
Married Czeslawa Ochal, June 7, 1960. 1 child, Magdalena Joanna.