June 9, 2017
(photo from https://leczyca.info.pl/kultura/)
With deep regret we inform that Professor Jerzy Gąssowski passed away on 1 st of February, 2021. He was an outstanding archaeologist who searched for and discovered the tomb of Nicolaus Copernicus in the Frombork Cathedral and laureate of the Benedict the Pole Award in 2017.
Funeral ceremonies will take place on February 11 at 11.00 A.M. (Holy Mass) in Warsaw at the Northern Cemetery - Wólka Węglowa (Funeral Home, room A).
We ask the family of the Deceased to accept our sincere condolences.
- The Board of the Polish Chapter of the Explorers Club
- Jury of the Benedict the Pole Award
Basic information about the achievements of Professor Jerzy Gąssowski:
https://www.wnp.pl/parlamentarny/spoleczenstwo/nie-zyje-archeolog-prof-jerzy-gassowski,122431.html