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WładysławB.Kubiak
(1925-1997)
The18thcenturyEnglish
poet,AlexanderPope,surveying
thehullaballooofHanoverian
society,opined"Wedieofnoth-
ingbutaragetolive".Thatthis
isappositeofProf.Kubiakistrue
onlyinthatanaccident,hardly
anintention,occasionedhisde-
mise.Thathewasavidtoliveis
trueforhewasonhiswayfrom
hisbelovedcountryhomein
WerytoWarsawfromwhichhe
wouldtakeoffforEgyptaday
latertotakeuphisresearchon
theIslamicceramicsfoundat
Komel-DikkainhisbelovedAlex-
andria.Forthisworkhehad
beenhonouredbyagrantfrom
theMaxvan:erchemFoundationinrecognitionofhisoutstand-
ingaccomplishmentsinthefieldofIslamicArchaeology.Thisfield
andthecognateonesofIslamicArtandArchitecturearethe
poorertodayfortheaccidentthateclipsedamanandascholarat
thezenithofhiscareer.
WładysławKubiakwasborninWiązównanearWarsawin
1925.IntheJagiellonianUniversityhepursuedundergraduate
workinOrientalStudies,asplendidpreparationforhisfuture
career,onewhichincludedClassicallanguagesandhistorywhich
scaffoldedhisparticularinterestinthelandsoftheeasternMedi-
terranean.HereceivedhisM.A.fromhisalmamaterin1953
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