Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński

Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński (c. 1730 – 9 June 1809) was a Polish soldier, politician, translator and poet. Sejm deputy, deputy to the Lithuanian Tribunal and voivode of Mscislaw from 1788 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and marshal of the Grodno Governorate in the Russian Empire after partitions of Poland. He received the Order of Saint Stanislaus in 1784 and the Order of the White Eagle in 1785. As a writer, he wrote poetry and epigrams, and translated into Polish several works from French, most notably, those of Jean Baptiste Racine.

Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński

Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński (c. 1730 – 9 June 1809) was a Polish soldier, politician, translator and poet. Sejm deputy, deputy to the Lithuanian Tribunal and voivode of Mscislaw from 1788 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and marshal of the Grodno Governorate in the Russian Empire after partitions of Poland. He received the Order of Saint Stanislaus in 1784 and the Order of the White Eagle in 1785. As a writer, he wrote poetry and epigrams, and translated into Polish several works from French, most notably, those of Jean Baptiste Racine.