About Jan Zawidzki
Lived 1866 – 1928 (aged 61). Jan Zawidzki was a Polish historian and chemist.
Jan Wiktor Tomasz Zawidzki (December 20, 1866 in Włóki, Masovian Voivodeship – September 14, 1928 in Warsaw) was a Polish physical chemist and historian of chemistry. He researched mainly chemical kinetics, thermochemistry and autocatalysis.
Zawidzki was a professor of the Akademia Rolnicza in Dublany (1907–1916), Jagiellonian University (1916–1917), University of Warsaw (1917–1928), rector of the University of Warsaw (1918–1919), member of the Academy of Learning (since 1918), co-founder of the Polish Chemical Society and magazine Roczniki Chemii.
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Who was Jan Zawidzki?
physical chemist, historian of chemistry
When was Jan Zawidzki born?
Jan Zawidzki was born on 20 December 1866 in Włóki, Masovian Voivodeship.
When did Jan Zawidzki die?
Jan Zawidzki died on 14 September 1928 in Warsaw.
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Jan Zawidzki was a historian and chemist.
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Jan Zawidzki was Polish.
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