Edward Jan Römer

Edward Jan Römer (Belarusian: Эдвард Ян Ромер; Lithuanian: Edvardas Jonas Riomeris; 14 May 1806, Vilnius – 15 May 1878, Vilnius) was a Polish writer, translator, social activist and painter.

In 1833, he was imprisoned and sentenced to banishment for life in Vologda, but was given permission to return after only a year.

In 1834, he worked with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, known as the "King" of those in exile, towards the goal of re-establishing the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In 1838, he was imprisoned again for his association with the exiled radical, Szymon Konarski, and was sentenced to death.

In his later life, he wrote epigrams and memoirs of famous contemporaries, did translations, and painted portraits of his family.