Tomasz Zan

Tomasz Zan (Belarusian: Тамаш Зан; 21 December 1796 – 19 July 1855) was a Polish poet and activist.

Zan's poetry touched upon various themes, including patriotism, nature, and the human experience.

He was born on 21 December 1796 in Miasata, Vileysky Uyezd, in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Maladzyechna District of Belarus).

[1] Zan attended the Vilnius University from 1820-1823, where he befriended Adam Mickiewicz, who would later become Poland's best-known poet.

For his activity in those organizations he was exiled by the Russian authorities to Siberia (from 1824 to 1837),[4] during which time he assisted Alexander von Humboldt on his 1829 research expedition.