High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stefan Zachariasz Pawlicki (Gda sk, 2 September 1839 28 kwietnia 1916, Kraków) was a Polish Catholic priest, philosopher, historian of philosophy, professor and rector of Kraków's Jagiellonian University.Stefan Pawlicki came from a merchant family. He began his education in Gda sk; after his family moved to Greater Poland, he continued it in Pleszew. At age thirteen, he lost his parents during an epidemic. He completed progimnazjum thanks to help from a local parish priest, Father Basi ski. He continued his education in 1853 58 at a liceum in Ostrów Wielkopolski, where he was one of the best pupils, thanks to a scholarship from Jan Kanty Dzia y ski of Kórnik.