Heymowski, Adam

LC control no.	n 84132481
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Heymowski, Adam *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Poland Sweden
Birth date	1926-02-09
Death date	1995-03-08
Place of birth	Poznań (Poland)
Place of death	Stockholm (Sweden)
Affiliation	Slottsarkivet (Stockholm, Sweden) Uppsala universitet Svenska Nationalkommittén för genealogi och heraldik Polskiego Towarzystwa Heraldycznego
Profession or occupation	Librarians Bibliographers Heraldists Sociologists Historians
Found in	Maele, B. van. Bibliographie Mauritanie, 1971- : v. 1, t.p. (Adam Heymowski) LC data base, 11-15-84 (hdg.: Heymowski, Adam) Sveriges drottningar från Vasa till Bernadotte, 1995: t.p. (Adam Heymowski) p. 53 (Palace librarian, d. 1995) Papers of the Conference on Islam in Africa: the Changing Role of the 'Ulama, 1984: conference schedule (Adam Heymowski (King's Library, Stockholm); contribution: First catalogue of Mauritania's manuscripts: one of the keys to better understanding of the role of the ʻulama) Wikipedia, Polish version, viewed November 7, 2021 (Adam Heymowski; born Poznań, Poland, February 9, 1926; died Stockholm, Sweden, March 8, 1995; Polish heraldist, historian, librarian and sociologist; author of many works in Swedish Gypsies; moved to Sweden in 1945 after stay in a German concentration camp; studied sociology 1950-1955 at Uppsala University; doctoral thesis 1969, topic: Swedish Travelers and Their Ancestry; for many years director of the Royal Library in Stockholm (private library of Swedish kings); vice-president of the Swedish National Committee of Genealogy and Heraldry; honorary member of Polskiego Towarzystwa Heraldycznego [Polish Heraldic Society]; list of publications in English, French, Polish)
Associated language	pol eng fre