Charles Kraitsir (born Károly Krajtsir, Polish: Karol Kraitsir; 28 January 1804 in Szomolnok, Hungary – 7 May 1860 in Morrisania, New York) was a Hungarian doctor, Polish independence fighter and émigré activist, and American philologist.
[2] He did not take advantage of an amnesty announced by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia on November 1, 1831, and did not return to Hungary.
[3] Kraitsir issued and printed at his own cost a proclamation to the Hungarian people, calling for help for the Polish emigration in Western Europe, which was then smuggled into Hungary.
[5] He emigrated to the United States with the intention of founding a Polish colony, and in 1837 to 1838 he established an academy at Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
[6] While in Europe he met up with Lelewel again,[6] but afterward returned to Boston, and in 1851 came to New York State and passed his last years in Morrisania, engaged in literary pursuits.