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Dictionary of Biography in Polish: Polski Slownik Biograficzny - Szyjkowski Jan-Szymanski Edward, Tom L/1, Zeszyt 204, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warsawa - Krakow 2014, 160 pages. This edition contains articles about over two dozen people named "Szymanowski" -
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family are its heraldic insignia. It is associated with two coats of arms, but significantly seldom with the one called "Korwin". It is commonly connected with
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Szymanowski, Stephen Korwin, 1854-: The evolution of a theologian, by
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