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Aleksander Gieysztor (1916-1999) fu uno storico polacco, specialista del medioevo.
E' stato uno dei padri fondatori della slavistica e il suo massimo rappresentante fra il XIX e il XX secolo. Studiò filologia classica e filologia slava a Vienna con F. Miklosich, a Berlino e a San Pietroburgo.