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Antoni Stawikowski

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Antoni Stawikowski (born 1933, Poland)[citation needed], first leader of the Polish illegal Solidarity union in Toruń.

Antoni Stawikowski

Career

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Stawikowski was the president of the then-illegal Solidarity union in Toruń from 1981–89, when the union has been proclaimed legal. Together with Ryszard Musielak, Andrzej Tyc, Stanisław Dembiński, Jarosław Zaremba, and others, Stawikowski was one of the crucial activists fighting with the communists regime in the region of Toruń. During the martial law (1981-1983) held in prison.

In 1955, he was hired at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Toruń (CAMK Toruń). He earned his doctoral degree in 1976. He author of several books on astronomy and cosmology.

Family

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He has two daughters, Małgorzata and Anna.[citation needed]

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