Prof. Eugeniusz Romer

Summary

This obituary commemorates Polish geographer and cartographer Eugeniusz Romer, who died aged eighty-four. It emphasizes his decisive role in advancing Polish geography and raising the scope and quality of the country’s official maps through energetic leadership. Romer remained intellectually active in retirement, investigating theoretical geomorphology, particularly the evolution of African river systems. The planned posthumous English summary of this research would extend his scholarly legacy to an international audience.