Antoni Stawikowski

Antoni Stawikowski (born 1933, Poland)[citation needed], first leader of the Polish illegal Solidarity union in Toruń.

Together with Ryszard Musielak, Andrzej Tyc, Stanisław Dembiński, Jarosław Zaremba, and others, Stawikowski was one of the crucial activists fighting with the communists regime in the region of Toruń.

During the martial law (1981-1983) held in prison.

In 1955, he was hired at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Toruń (CAMK Toruń).

He author of several books on astronomy and cosmology.