Osip Senkovsky

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Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky (Russian: О́сип Ива́нович Сенко́вский; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1800 – 16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1858), born Józef-Julian Sękowski, was a Polish–Russian orientalist, journalist and entertainer. Senkovsky was born on his mother's estate in Antagaluonė, located some 30 miles (48 km) away from Vilnius. His father was Jan Sękowski; his mother came from the Bujko family, of Belarusian-German roots, but with a Polish national identity. He attended the piarist college in Minsk, and later Vilnius University. During his study there he became fascinated with all things oriental. In the years 1817–1822 he was closely associated with the Society of Scoundrels and contributed articles to their periodical "Wiadomości Brukowe" ('The Street News'). Having mastered the Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew languages, he went onto a journey to Turkey, Liban, Egypt, Nubia and Abisina, leaving Vilnius on 1 September 1819. The journey was financed from private savings, as well as by the Royal Society of Friends of Science in Warsaw, the Polish press, and scholarly institutions in Vilnius.