by his contemporaries. He was seen as stern but honest, and had a tendency to speak in a fashion that some found amusing. Remembrance He is seen as one of the chief representatives of the political activists and writers of the Polish Enlightenment. He is also seen as the father of Polish geology, statistics, sociology, Tatra Mountains studies and exploration, mining and industry. He is one of the figures immortalised in Jan Matejko's 1891 painting "Constitution of May 3, 1791". He was also the protagonist of the Charles Dickens' novella "Judge Not" (1851), and of Hanna Muszyńska-Hoffmanowa's novel "Pucharek ze srebra" (Little chalice of silver). Wacław Berent published a biography of Staszic, but it is now lost. In 1926, on the 100th anniversary of his death, he was celebrated in the Second Polish Republic with several studies, articles and publications. In April 1951, he was honoured on a postage stamp of the People's Republic of Poland as part of the set issued for the First Congress of Polish Science. His figure was popular among the Marxist scholars of the People's Republic, who stressed his materialist, determinist and anti-clerical views. The 150th anniversary of his death in 1976 was also celebrated, with many works dedicated to him, including poems by Jan Czeczot and Jan Lohmann. He has been made a patron of over 200 schools, including the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. There are statues of Stanisław Staszic in Łódź, Kielce, Hrubieszów and Dąbrowa Górnicza. Several geographical landmarks, minerals and a bacterium bear his name as well. In Piła, there is a Museum of Stanisław Staszic, which has gathered various artifacts related to him, and publishes a journal, "Zeszyty Staszicowskie" (Staszic Notebooks). Awards Order of Saint Stanislaus Knight of the Order of the White Eagle Works His best-known works include the following: "Remarks upon the Life of Jan Zamoyski" (Uwagi nad życiem Jana Zamoyskiego, 1787) "Warnings for Poland" (or Warnings to Poland, Przestrogi dla Polski, 1790) "On the Origin of Mountains in Former Sarmatia and Later Poland" (O ziemorództwie gór dawnej Sarmacji, potem Polski, 1815) "On the Reasons of Jewish Noxiousness" (O przyczynach szkodliwości Żydów, 1818) "Humankind" (Ród Ludzki, 1820) A Polish translation of Homer's Iliad (1815). See also History of philosophy in Poland List of Poles Hugo Kołłątaj Piotr Skarga References External links Website of the Staszic Museum in Piła Daszkiewicz P., Tarkowski R., Pierwsze rezultaty poszukiwań