Jan Zawidzki, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Zawidzki

physical chemist, historian of chemistry

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1866

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1928

Profession: historian, chemist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jan Wiktor Tomasz Zawidzki (December 20, 1866 in Wlóki, 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 Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne and magazine Roczniki Chemii.