Abstract

The existing biographical knowledge concerning Jan Gadomski in many cases turned out to be incorrect or inaccurate. Query in the archives allowed for new arrangements to be made. The article presents unknown biographical issues connected to the editor of “GazetaPolska”, analyse the authorship of the drama titled Larik and tracks Gadomski’s relationship with Maria Konopnicka. It recreates the specificity of Warsaw intellectual elite at the turn of 19th and 20th century.