Stanisław Srokowski

Stanisław Józef Srokowski (8 July 1872 in Węgrzce - 20 August 1950 in Warsaw) was a Polish geographer and diplomat.

In 1923-1924 he was the Voivode of the Wołyń Voivodeship and became the Director of the Polish Baltic Institute at Toruń in 1926.

Srokowski was also a professor at the University of Warsaw prior to World War II and President of the Polish Geographical Society.

In 1946-1950 he was the head of the Polish Committee for Settling of Place Names (Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości), which determined the names of towns and villages in the territories that became again part of Poland after World War II.

Srokowski died in 1950, the village of Dryfort was renamed Srokowo in his memory.

Commemorative plaque to Srokowski at the town hall of Srokowo, named after him in 1950