Józef Razowski

Józef Razowski (born 4 April 1932) is a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Tortricidae. He is an honorary member of the Polish Entomological Society and a working member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU). From 1988 to 1997, Razowski headed the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals.

Biography Józef Razowski was born in Milówka, a village in the southern part of Poland. After finishing engineering studies at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in 1953, he started working at the Faculty of the Systematic Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) a year later, of which he was director from 1988 to 1997. In the meantime, he pursued further studies at Jagiellonian University, getting his master's degree in 1958 and a PhD in 1961. Razowski then received habilitation in 1966 and was given the title of professor in 1973. and has written about 20 books and monographs on entomology.

For his contributions in biology, he received some awards, including the of Second Degree and the Ignaz Schiffermüller medal.

Selected publications World fauna of the Tortricini: '(Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)''', Polish Scientific Publishers, Kraków 1966, 658 p. The type specimens of the species of some Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), Polish Scientific Publishers, Kraków 1971 Lepidoptera of Poland, Volume 1'', Washington D.C. 1976