Jan Potocki
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 Mar 1761
- Died
- 23 Dec 1815
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Voyage dans l'empire de Maroc
- Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse
- Voyage en Turquie et en Égypte
- Essay sur l'istoire universelle & recherches sur celle de la Sarmatie
- Parades and Proverbs
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Film & TV
Writing
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 103
- Total plays
- 1,590
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 28,376x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,082x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
- Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping
· 2009 · cited 16,522x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1761-03-08 ) 8 March 1761, Pików, Podolia , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Died
- 23 December 1815 (1815-12-23) (aged 54), Uladivka, Vinnytsia , Russian Empire
- Occupations
- Novelist ethnologist politician
- Era
- Enlightenment ; Romanticism
- Known for
- The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1805)
- Spouses
- Julia Lubomirska ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1783 ; died 1794 ) Konstancja Potocka ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1799 )
- Children
- five
- Parents
- Józef Potocki (father) Anna Teresa Ossolińska (mother)
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Key dates
- Born
- 8 March 1761
- Died
- 1815
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Pykiv
- Place of death
- Uladivka
- Spouse
- Konstancja Potocka
- Father
- Józef Potocki
- Mother
- Anna Teresa Ossolińska
- Sibling
- Seweryn Potocki
Article
Count Jan Potocki ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
Born into affluent Polish nobility, Potocki lived abroad from an early age and was primarily educated in Switzerland. He frequently visited the salons of Paris and toured Europe before temporarily returning to Poland in 1778. As a soldier, he fought in Austrian ranks in the War of the Bavarian Succession, and in 1789 was appointed a military engineer in the Polish army. During his extensive voyages he actively documented prevailing customs, ongoing wars, revolutions and national awakenings, which made him a pioneer of travel literature. Fascinated by the occult, Potocki studied ancient cultures, rituals and secret societies. Simultaneously, he was a member of parliament and took part in the Great Sejm shortly before the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist.