potocki was a co-founder of the society of friends of science ("towarzystwo przyjaciół nauk", "or tpn") in warsaw in 1800. from 1807 he was a member of the governing commission ("komisja rządząca"), chairman of the education chamber ("izba edukacyjna"), and from 1810 director of the commission of national education ("komisja edukacji narodowej") in the duchy of warsaw.