Walery Cyryl Amrogowicz

Walery Cyryl Amrogowicz (1863–1931) was a Polish numismatist, nationalist, philanthropist and collector of cultural artifacts.

Biography He came from a rural Pomeranian family, and was born in Nowogród on 8 April 1863. During his studies at a Secondary School in Toruń he developed a liking for history and geography which was to contribute to his passion for numismatics.

Walery Amrogowicz died in 1931 in Krynica where he had gone to convalesce. In his will, he left the majority of his collection to the Toruń Society of Science, and books, to a gymnasium in Gdańsk. Following World War II it was transferred to the Toruń Regional Museum which held an exhibition in 2004 to mark the 140th anniversary of Amrogowicz's birth.