Iwo Lominski
Iwo Robert Waclaw Lominski
FRSE
(1905–1968) was a Polish-born microbiologist working in Britain in the 20th century. In articles he is referred to as I. R. W. Lominski.
Life
He was born in
University of Kraków and gained his doctorate (MD) in 1931. He obtained a prestigious position in the Pasteur Institute in Paris
.
At the outbreak of the
Glasgow University. In 1948 he also took on a role of senior consultant at Glasgow Western Infirmary. In 1963 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (DSc) by the university and in 1966 he was created professor of microbiology.[1]
In 1958 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Carl Hamilton Browning, John Walton, Norman Davidson, and John Monteath Robertson.[2]
He died on 19 October 1968 aged only 63. In 1997, the "Iwo Lominski Bursary" was created by Glasgow University in his memory.
References
- ^ "Biography of Iwo Lominski". University of Glasgow.
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
