Stanisław Kronenberg - Biography

Stanisław Leopold Kronenberg (Warsaw, 1846 – 1894, Warsaw) was a Polish-Russian financier. See also Stanisław Leopold Kronenberg

Life

He was born the son of banker and railroad tycoon Leopold Kronenberg (1812-1878) and his wife Rozalia Leo. Both parents came from Jewish families which had converted to Protestantism—the Kronenbergs, to Calvinism. He was the brother of Baron Leopold Kronenberg (1849–1937).

After graduating from gymnasium, he went to France. For two years he studied political economy and finance, and was granted at Paris the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. During the Franco-Prussian War he took part in the defense of Paris, retiring with the rank of lieutenant and the cross of the Legion of Honor.

Upon the death of his father he returned to Warsaw, and assumed the management of his commercial and railroad interests. He was made president of the Teraspol and Upper Vistula lines, director of the Vienna line, president of the Bank of Commerce, and director of various other commercial institutions; and was concerned in the publication of Gazeta Polska (The Polish Gazette), Nowiny (News, edited by Aleksander Świętochowski, then for a year by Bolesław Prus) and Biblioteka Umiejętności Prawnych.

He left a daughter who had married into French aristocracy. He was buried beside his parents and other family members in the family vault at Protestant Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw.

Literary works

His writings on economy and finance, written in Polish, appeared in the "Economist".

He wrote also:

• "Campagne", 1870-71
• "Quelques Souvenirs et Appréciations d'ex-Officier d'Infanterie", Paris, 1871.

See also

• List of Poles

• Encyklopedia Powszechna (Universal Encyclopedia)