Roman Vetulani
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Roman Vetulani was a Polish high school professor, secretary of "Sokół" gymnastics organization chapter in Sanok
Sanok
Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

, honorary member of Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej since 1898.

Biography

He was born in Bochnia
Bochnia
Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 in 1849. Vetulani graduated in classical philology
Classical philology
Classical philology is the study of ancient Greek and classical Latin. Classical philology has been defined as "the careful study of the literary and philosophical texts of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds." Greek and Latin literature and civilization have traditionally been considered...

 from Lvov University. He had six children: Kazimierz (professor of Lvov University), Zygmunt (diplomat), Tadeusz
Tadeusz Vetulani
Dr. Tadeusz Bolesław Vetulani was a Polish agriculturalist and biologist, associate professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in animal husbandry...

 (associate professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in animal husbandry), Adam
Adam Vetulani
Adam Joachim Vetulani was a Polish historian of medieval law and canonist, professor of Jagiellonian University, a member of Polish Academy of Learning. He was the son of Roman and Elżbieta Kunachowicz, brother of Kazimierz, professor of Lvov University, Tadeusz, professor of animal husbandry,...

 (historian of medieval law and canonist, professor of Jagiellonian University), Maria, and Elżbieta (died in childhood). Roman Vetulani died on August 12, 1908 in Zawoja
Zawoja
Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County . With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 6,200 inhabitants and is often mentioned as one of the biggest Polish villages...

, Poland. As his grandson Jerzy
Jerzy Vetulani
Jerzy Adam Vetulani is a Polish neuroscientist and pharmacologist, professor of natural sciences, son of Adam Vetulani and Irena Latinik...

said, he died in consequence of heart sickness.
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