Bartłomiej Natanael Wąsowski (1617–1687)

Biographical data

• 1617 2 Born in Kujawy
• 1634 2 Entered the Society of Jesus in Kraków
• 1687 2 Died in Poznań

Education

• 1636 – 1637 2 Studied in Kraków
• 1637 – 1640 2 Studied philosophy in Kraków
• 1643 – 1647 2 Studied theology in Poznań
• 2 Studied mathematics
  Private studies

Career

• 1641 – 1642 2 Teacher of poetics, grammar, syntax in Bydgoszcz
• 1642 – 1643 2 Teacher of poetics, grammar, syntax in Toruń
• 1647 – 1649 2 Teacher of rhetoric, poetics in Bydgoszcz
• 1649 – 1650 2 Teacher of rhetoric, poetics in Gdańsk
• 1657 – 1661 2 Rector in Bydgoszcz
• 1671 – 1674 2 Rector in Jarosław
• 1675 – 1678 2 Rector in Poznań
• 1678 – 1682 2 Superior of the Polish province
• 1682 – 1683 2 Rector in Bydgoszcz
• 1683 – 1686 2 Rector in Poznań
• 2 Occupied himself with architecture

Miscellaneous

• 1650 – 1656 2 Between 1650 – 1656, Wąsowski was a private tutor for the Polish noblemen Mikołaj and Zygmunt Grudziński and travelled Europe with them
• 1673 2 In 1673, Wąsowski established a mathematics course independent of the philosophy course in Jarosław
• 1674 2 In 1674, Wąsowski initiated and oversaw the fortification of the college in Jarosław
• 1678 2 In 1678, Wąsowski renewed the mathematics course he had established in Jarosław

Relations

• 2 Wąsowski was courtier with the nobleman Lubomirski from 1661 – 1671