Bronisław Zaleski (b. 1819 or 1820 in
Raczkiewicze, now
Lithuania – January 2, 1880 in
Mentona) was a
Polish political activist, writer. He was a secretary of the
Towarzystwo Historyczno-Literackie (since 1866) and editor of
Roczniki, director of the
Polish Library in Paris (since 1868), member of the
Academy of Learning. Author of
Wygnańcy polscy w Orenburgu [Polish exiles in Orenburg] (1866); reminiscential and biographial works about
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski,
Józef Hieronim Kajsiewicz,
Ludwik Orpiszewski. Zaleski was a follower of
Hôtel Lambert and also a friend of
Cyprian Kamil Norwid.
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