Jan Przanowski

Jan Przanowski (8 March 1873 - 28 November 1941) was a Polish lawyer and politician who served as a member of the parliament of Poland from 1930 to 1935 and judge advocate general of the Polish Armed Forces from 1920 to 1930. As a member of the National Party, he served during the 3rd term of Sejm of the Second Polish Republic.

Early life Jan Przanowski was born on 8 March 1873, the son of Edward Przanowski (1845–1929), a participant in the January Uprising, and chief engineer of Słupca and Łęczyca, and his wife Józefa Przanowska (née Lewicka; 1851–1939). He was the brother of Stefan Przanwoski, a powerful statesman and minister who served as disputed prime minister of Poland in 1922.

In 1891, Jan Przanowski graduated from the Men's Gymnasium in Kalisz, and in 1895, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw.

Career In 1897, he worked as an assistant to a sworn attorney. with whom he had two daughters: Janina Przanowska (born 1900), who worked in the Chancellery of the Polish Parliament before World War II and, after the war, in the administration of Poznań University. Magdalena Staszewska (1904–1978), who was married to historian Janusz Staszewski. During World War II, Magdalena was involved with the underground organization "Ojczyzna" and collaborated with Professor Zygmunt Wojciechowski in establishing the Secret University of the Western Lands in Warsaw. After the war, she worked at the Western Institute in Poznań until 1967, serving as deputy head of the Publishing Department and contributing to the editorial board of Przegląd Zachodni (Western Review).

Later life In the 1930s, he worked at the Massalski law office in Warsaw. During the German occupation, he continued working in the office as a notarial assessor. He died in 1941 and was buried in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw (Section 169, Row 1, Plot 4), near the Avenue of the Distinguished.