# Richard Butterwick
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{{Short description|British historian}}
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| birth_name = Richard Butterwick
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = [Hitchin](/source/Hitchin), [England](/source/England)
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| occupation = Historian
| known_for = Polish history, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth studies
| spouse = Wioletta Pawlikowska
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| awards = {{plainlist|
* Bronze medal, [Gloria Artis](/source/Gloria_Artis_Medal_for_Merit_to_Culture) (2016)
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| education = {{plainlist|
* [BA (Hons)](/source/BA_(Hons)) in History ([University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge))
* [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts) ([University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge))
* [DPhil.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) ([University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford))
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| alma_mater = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford)
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| doctoral_advisor = R. J. W. Evans
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| discipline = History
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* Polish history
* History of the [Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth)
* 18th-century European history
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| workplaces = {{plainlist|
* [School of Slavonic and East European Studies](/source/School_of_Slavonic_and_East_European_Studies) ([University College London](/source/University_College_London))
* [University of Warsaw](/source/University_of_Warsaw)
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| notable_works = {{plainlist|
* ''Poland's Last King and English Culture''
* ''The Polish Revolution and the Catholic Church''
* ''The Constitution of 3 May 1791''
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| website = {{Academia|url=https://ucl.academia.edu/RichardButterwickPawlikowski|name=Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski}}
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'''Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski''' (1968) is Professor of Polish-Lithuanian History at the [UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies](/source/UCL_School_of_Slavonic_and_East_European_Studies) (SSEES).
==Biography==
He studied history at the University of Cambridge, graduating with first class honours in 1989. He gained his doctorate from the [University of Oxford](/source/Hertford_College%2C_Oxford) in 1994. He taught at the [University of Łódź](/source/University_of_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA) in 1993–94, then held a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford. He became a lecturer in Modern European History at the [Queen's University of Belfast](/source/Queen's_University_of_Belfast) in 1997. He joined SSEES in 2005, becoming a professor in 2013.[{{Cite web |title=University College London |url=https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/2713-richard-butterwickpawlikowski |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=profiles.ucl.ac.uk}}]
His book ''The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1733-1795: Light and Flame'' won the [Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America](/source/Polish_Institute_of_Arts_and_Sciences_of_America)'s Oskar Halecki Award in 2021 and the [Polish Historical Society](/source/Polish_Historical_Society)'s Pro Historia Polonorum prize in 2022. The Polish edition is longer.
Butterwick was awarded the bronze medal [Gloria Artis](/source/Gloria_Artis_Medal_for_Merit_to_Culture) for his services to Polish culture in 2016. In March 2022, he became principal historian of the [Polish History Museum](/source/Museum_of_Polish_History) in Warsaw. In 2024 he was created professor of the humanities by the president of the Republic of Poland.[{{Cite web |title=Richard BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI {{!}} Coleurope |url=https://www.coleurope.eu/whoswho/person/richard.butterwick-pawlikowski |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.coleurope.eu}}]
===Personal life===
He married Wioletta Pawlikowska in Poland in 2012.[{{cite journal |title=2013-2014 |journal=Hertford College Magazine |volume=94 |page=90 |url=https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HC-magazine-94-2014_ws-1.pdf |access-date=26 December 2024}}]
==Books==
* ''Poland's Last King and English Culture: Stanisław August Poniatowski, 1732-1798'' (Oxford: OUP, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0198207016}})
* ''The Polish Revolution and the Catholic Church, 1788-1792: A Political History'' (Oxford: OUP, 2012, {{ISBN|978-0199250332}}; longer Polish edition)
* ''The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733–1795'' (Yale University Press, 2020, {{ISBN|978-0300252200}})
* ''The Constitution of 3 May 1791: Testament of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth'' (Warsaw: Polish History Museum, 2021, [https://polishhistory.pl/the-constitution-of-3-may-1791/ Link])
* ''Lithuania: A Short History'' (Hurst Publishers, 2025, {{ISBN|978-1911723608}})
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRYVkWX6FuM Europe's First Constitution. A guide to why 3 May 1791 matters]. Lecture by Richard Butterwick, 2021, Polish Cultural Institute in London
*[https://www.coleurope.eu/exploring-europes-past-understand-its-future-interview-professor-richard-butterwick-pawlikowski Interview] with Richard Butterwick, College of Europe
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