Henryk Sędziwy

Henryk Sędziwy (6 May 1903 – 5 January 1999) was a high school history teacher and author of textbooks, between 1948 and 1971 the principal of Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School in Kraków.

Biography He was the son of Helena and Alojzy, who were textile workers.

In the opinion of Jerzy Vetulani, ( frequency cited pharmacologist ) after the World War II, Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School had “a fantastic teaching staff that really shaped people”, which was to be high school's “great strength” and a “great merit” of its principal, Henryk Sędziwy.

Henryk Sędziwy was the author of history textbooks; his textbook for the 11th grade of primary school was mandatory in the 1960s. He died on January 5, 1999. He was buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.

Books

Co-author: Włodzimierz Gałecki.

Co-author: Ryszard Pietrzykowski.

Co-author: Józef Bąk.

Awards Gold Cross of Merit (1957), (1962), Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta (1963), Medal 20-lecia PRL (1964), Medal of the Commission of National Education (1973), ZNP Badge for clandestine teaching (1985), (1986), Zasłużony dla Ziemi Krakowskiej (Meritorious for the Kraków Region; 1986), Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta (1986).