M.Rydel - c.v.
DR MACIEJ RYDEL, born 1943
International expert in history of Polish gentry and manor houses. Owner of the biggest private documentation of Polish manor houses. Author of two books on manor houses: "Jam dwór polski" (I am the Polish Manor House - 1993, 1997) and "Oblicza polskiego dworu" (Faces of the Polish Manor House - 2003, 2004). Author of 30 articles and conference papers on the history of manor houses in Poland. Photographer and painter. Author of 20 exhibitions of photographs and paintings (18 in Poland, 2 in Brussels). Member of the family with 12 generations’ traditions.
Member of the Polish Landlords Association and Vice-president of the Association of Art Historians – Gdańsk Branch.
Head of Marketing Studies at Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk. Program Director at Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development. Marketing consultant.
