Alfred Habdank Skarbek KORZYBSKI
(7/3/1879 - 3/1/1950)
1879 - Born in Warsaw (Poland). Attended
Polytechnic Institute, Warsaw, as chemistry engineer; later studied in Germany
and Italy, specially in Rome.
1914 - Volunteered for service in the Second
Russian Army, assigned to a Cavalry Detachment of the General Staff Intelligence
Department.
1915 - Sent to Canada and USA as an Artillery
expert in the Russian Army. Became recruiting officer for French-Polish Army
in USA. Lectured for the US government on the war, etc.
1921 - Manhood of Humanity: The Science and
Art of Human Engineering published by E. P. Dutton, New York.
1924 - Published Time-Binding. The General
Theory (First Paper).
1926 - Published Time-Binding. The General
Theory (Second Paper).
1933 - Science and Sanity: An Introduction
to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics published by International
Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company, New York.
1938 - Established the Institute of General
Semantics in Chicago. [now located in Englewood, New Jersey]
