Francusko-polskie życie Edwarda Aleksandra Pożerskiego

The aim of the article is to present the figure of Edward Aleksander Pożerski who was a doctor, a long-time employee of the Pasteur Institute, the author of scientific papers on the principles of eating and preparing meals as well as very popular cookbooks. He belonged to numerous scientific, cultural and social associations. He was the president of the Society for the Care of Polish Historical Monuments and Tombs in France and a representative of the French emigration when Juliusz Słowacki’s ashes were moved from Paris to the Wawel Castle in Kraków. He was an ambassador of Polish history and cultural heritage. The article is based on archival materials from the collection of the Polish Library in Paris (Archive of the Society for the Care of Polish Historical Monuments and Tombs in France), the Special Collection of the Main Medical Library in Warsaw (the so-called Stanisław Konopka Files), the National Archive in Kraków (fragments of Janina Jasicka’s legacy) and the literature on the subject.