Jesuit, missionary, martyr, Catholic Saint Paweł Jan Działyński (1594–1643), Polish official, voivode of Pomerania Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Polish poet, one of Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century, renowned theoretician of poetics Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki (1610–1656), Polish missionary, explorer, mathematician, astronomer and sinologist, credited with introducing logarithms to China Patrick Gordon (1635–1699), Polish, Swedish and Russian military officer of Scottish origin Marcin Załuski (1700–1765), Polish priest, Jesuit, auxiliary Bishop of Płock Gabriel Podoski (1719–1777), Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland Andreas Thiel (1826–1908), Catholic bishop Augustinus Bludau, (1863–1930), Catholic bishop Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), computer scientist Walter Krupinski (1920–2000), German general Convictus Dormitory for poor students School theatre School library The original library (about 2000 volumes) was plundered by Swedish troops throughout the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) and is still existing at the University of Upsala. See also List of early modern universities in Europe List of Jesuit sites References External links Lyceum Hosianum Anniversary, Prof. Jos. Bender, Braunsberg, 1868 1560s establishments in Poland 1565 establishments in Europe Educational institutions established in the 1560s Society of Jesus Universities and colleges in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth