KOSCIUSZKO, TADEUSZ

born Feb. 4, 1746, Mereczowszczyzna, Poland [now in Belarus] died Oct. 15, 1817, Solothurn, Switz. in full Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, English Thaddeus Kosciusko Polish army officer and statesman who gained fame both for his role in the U.S. War of Independence and for his leadership of a national insurrection in his homeland. Additional reading Miecislaus Haiman, Kosciuszko in the American Revolution (1943, reprinted 1975), is continued by his Kosciuszko, Leader and Exile (1946, reprinted 1977); both studies are based on American sources.