Jerzy Kolendo

Jerzy Władysław Kolendo (9 June 1933, Brześć, Poland – 28 February 2014, Warsaw)[1] was an acknowledged Polish authority on the history and archaeology of Ancient Rome.

While his desire was to become an archaeologist, he feared his lack of drawing ability would discount his chances of gaining a university place, so he opted to study ancient history.

[5] After World War II, thanks to academic exchanges, Kolendo and his friend, Bronisław Geremek, were greatly influenced by Fernand Braudel and the French l'École des Annales.

[8] This led the eminent French historian Louis Robert to quip that the only people to know about the reasons behind the poor revenues from Roman agricultural estates were Koushchin from Moscow and Kolendo from Warsaw.

[6] Kolendo was esteemed for his teaching: he supervised over forty masters and doctoral theses, among them, the Spaniard Fernando López Pardo, a North African specialist.