Jan Dembowski (biologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish biologist and academic
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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Jan Dembowski (biologist)
- Jan Bohdan Dembowski (26 December 1889 - 22 September 1963) was a Polish biologist and academic. Dembowski was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- He became the first president of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952-1956), marshal of the Sejm (1952-1957) and Deputy Chairman of the Polish Council of State (1952-1957). In years 1929-1939 he was the editor-in-chief of popular-science journal Wszechswiat. He was awarded the Order of the Builders of Polish People's Republic and also received the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- In 1949 and 1955 state winner of the first degree, a member of the Academy of Sciences and foreign - USSR Academy of Sciences (honorary member), the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in New York.
- He died, aged 73, in Warsaw.
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