Antoni Józef Śmieszek (1881–1943) was a Polish Egyptologist and linguist. Śmieszek studied linguistics and classical philology at the University of Kraków in 1901 and later at the Universities of Munich, Berlin and London. Śmieszek wrote on Egyptian religion and linguistics in Polish periodicals and general collective works. A chair of Egyptology was created for him at Poznań, 1921–1923 and later at Warsaw, 1934–1939. References Smieszek Antoni Smieszek Antoni Jagiellonian University alumni Smieszek Antoni Linguists from Poland Polish educators Polish non-fiction writers Polish male non-fiction writers Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Alumni of the University of London Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 20th-century linguists 20th-century non-fiction writers Polish Africanists Suicides in Poland