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CHAPTER1.
FATHERSOFAGRIBUSINESSFINANCE
1.2.ProfessorRyszardManteuffel(1903–1991)
RyszardManteuffelwasbornonAugust13th,1903inMińsk
MazowieckianddiedonOctober5th,1991inWarsaw.Hewas
anexceptionalagriculturaleconomist,aprofessorattheWar-
sawUniversityofLifeSciences(SGGW);amemberofthe
PolishAcademyofSciencessince1965.In1938,hedeveloped
anewtechniqueofagriculturalaccounting.
Hisyouthwasspentina20-hectareStaryZamekmanor,the
remainsofadestroyedfamilialholdingintheLucynówpoviatin
PolishLivonia.Itwastherethathebegangrowinghiseconomic
andagriculturalinterestsandgainedhisfirstexperiencesinman-
aginganagriculturalholding.Afterhisfathersdeathin1918,his
motherleftLivoniaalongwithherfamilyandmovedtoWarsaw.Ryszardenrolledtothe
WojciechGórskigymnasiumandgainedhisbaccalaureatein1912.
Giventheunexpectedopportunityofinheritinglandafterhismother’schildless
brother,afterpassingthebaccalaureateexamandseveralmonthsofagriculturalprac-
tice,RyszardhadchosentoenrolltotheAgriculturalfacultyoftheSGGW
2
.Hefinished
hisstudiesin1926andgainedanagriculturalengineerdiploma(equivalenttoamaster’s
degree).Duringhisstudies,actingontheadviceofprof.StefanMoszczeński,atthebe-
ginningofthethirdyearofhisstudieshetookonthepositionofajuniorassistantatthe
DepartmentofRuralEconomicsattheSGGW
.Leadingclassesonagriculturalcalcula-
tions,theprofitabilityofproductiondepartmentsandbranches,andcreatingstatistical
materialsforeconometricresearchduringthelastyearofagriculturalstudieshadwhet-
tedhisappetiteforscientificandeducationalwork.Todeepenhiseconomicknowledge,
hesimultaneouslystudiedforayearattheHigherSchoolofEconomics(nowadays:
WarsawSchoolofEconomics).
TwoyearsofworkattheuniversityhadfurtherstrengthenedRyszardMantauffel’s
opinionthatscientificandeducationalworkintheareaoffarmeconomicsandorganiza-
tionrequirespracticalexperience.Therefore,withprof.Moszczeński’spermission,he
ceasedhisworkattheuniversityandtookupagriculturalwork.Hereturnedtoacadem-
iain1948,after22years.Inthatsameyear,heachievedadoctoraldegreeinagricultural
sciences,basedonhisworkAttemptatfindinganorganicmethodfortheprofitabilityof
variousbranchesofruralfarmswrittenunderthesupervisionofProf.WiktorSchrammat
theA.MickiewiczUniversityinPoznan.Hecouldnotworkonitwithprof.Moszczeński,
whodiedin1946.Ryszardgainedthedoctorhabilitatustitlein1960,afterithadbeen
2H.Runowski,2016,RyszardManteuffel-Szoege-wybitnyekonomistarolny,twórcaszkołyekonomikiiorga-
nizacjigospodarstwrolniczych.Wspomnieniew25.Rocznicęśmierci,GRocznikiNaukoweEkonomiiRolnictwa
iRozwojuObszarówWiejskich”,vol.103,no.4.
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