Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)

Janusz Korczak

Polish pediatrician, educator and children's author (1879–1942)

Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor. He was an early children's rights advocate, in 1919 drafting a children's constitution.