Dionýz Ilkovič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dionýz Ilkovič

Slovak chemist, physicist and educator

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1907

Place of Birth: Šarišský Štiavnik, Prešov Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1980

Profession: physicist, chemist, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dionýz Ilkovic (18 January 1907 in Šarišský Štiavnik – 3 August 1980 in Bratislava) was a Rusyn physicist and physical chemist.
Along with Nobel laureate Jaroslav Heyrovský, he helped to establish theoretical basis of polarography.
In this field, he is the author of an important result, the Ilkovic's equation.
He was also one of the leading figures in modern university-level physics education in Slovakia.