Konstanty Zakrzewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Konstanty Zakrzewski

Polish physicist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1876

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1948

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Konstanty Zakrzewski (14 January 1876 in Warsaw – 19 January 1948 in Kraków) was a Polish physicist.
He was a professor of the Jagiellonian University (1911–1913 and since 1917) and professor of the Lviv University (1913–1917), member of the Polish Academy of Learning (since 1920). Zakrzewski was a researcher of electron theory of metals, optics, and dielectric properties of substances.
He was an initiator of cosmic ray research in Poland (1947).