Born: June 23, 1800, Posen (Prussian partition of Poland,
presently Poznan, Poland) Died: November 6, 1846, Dabrowka
Ludomska (Prussian partition of Poland, presently Poland) Early
days. Father- Jozef, mother- Agnieszka. In 1817 Marcinkowski
passed high school final exams („matura”) in Maria Magdalena
Gimnazjum in Poznan. He then went to Berlin to study medicine.
During his studies he belonged to an underground organization
Polonia . When this organization was discovered by the Prussians
Marcinkowski was arrested and kept for about a year in the
TWIERDZA Wisloujscie. Released in 1923 he returned to Berlin
where he got the doctorate in 1823. Initial work. After
returning to Poznan he started working in the city hospital and
also opened his private practice as a surgeon and a
gynecologist. In short time he gained a very good reputation .
November 1830 Rising. In December 1830 he went to Warsaw to
participate in the November Rising against the Russians. He was
assigned to the Gen. Chlapowski’s unit. After the Ri