Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański


Chevalier Rafał Hugon Maria de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz, Ph.D. is a Polish art historian, genealogist and writer, who was a representative of the auction house Sotheby's.
He is the only child of sculptor Jan, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz, and nephew of Olympic Bronze Medallist and Vice World Champion in fencing Madame Ryszard Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz and millionaire landowner and philanthropist Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz.

Biography

Born in Poland, he was educated at the University of Hamburg and on a national merit-based scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became a member of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. He completed his doctorate – for which he was awarded another merit scholarship – under the supervision of Leibniz laureate Professor Martin Warnke. De Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz is a former Delegate to the European Commission of the Nobility in Paris. Reviewers of his book Strategien des Privaten noted that it has a “wise central idea” and that it “gives important food for thought”.
Thanks to a generous handicap, he came second in the President's Race 2015 on the Cresta Run, in St. Moritz having also been a member of the Cambridge University Cresta Team in 1999.

Selected publications