Józef Wierusz-Kowalski
Józef Wierusz-Kowalski | |
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Ankara, Turkey | |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Known for | Progressive phosphorescence |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Fribourg, University of Warsaw |
Thesis | Untersuchungen über die Festigkeit des Glases |
Józef Wierusz-Kowalski (16 March 1866 - 30 November 1927) was a Polish physicist and diplomat. He discovered the phenomenon of progressive phosphorescence.[citation needed] He served as Rector of the University of Freiburg, and helped to establish the section for physics at the reopened University of Warsaw. After Polish independence was established, he served as the Polish ambassador to the Holy See, the Netherlands, Austria and Turkey.
Early life and education
Józef Wierusz-Kowalski was born to Dr. Tadeusz Wierusz-Kowalski (1841–1904) and Juliet Wasilewska, in
Initially, Józef Wierusz-Kowalski studied law at the
After working in Berlin, Würzburg and the Technical University in Zurich, Wierusz-Kowalski studied physics and physical chemistry at the University of Bern. In 1894, he accepted a faculty position in mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 1894, he introduced Pierre Curie and Maria Skłodowska.[3] As the chair of physics, he established the physics department. During the academic year 1897–1998, he served as rector of the university. He remained at Fribourg until 1915.[4]
Scientific and diplomatic career
In 1897, Wierusz-Kowalski hired Ignacy Mościcki as his assistant.[5][6] Mościcki created an electric arc method for fixing nitrogen, and he and Wierusz-Kowalski set up an experimental plant around 1903, trading nitric acid as the Société de l'acide nitrique.[7]
Wierusz-Kowalski's major fields of study were
He was actively involved in the Warsaw Scientific Society, which was founded in 1907.[13] He served as a member of the editorial board of a Polish encyclopedia, the United universal encyclopedia, published in Switzerland.[14] During World War I he worked with the Committee in Support of Victims of War in Poland, founded by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Vevey.
The early 1900s were a time of great unrest in Polish politics and education. In 1912 Kowalski became a member of the
In 1919 Józef Wierusz-Kowalski entered the diplomatic service of Poland,
See also
- List of Poles
- Timeline of Polish science and technology
References
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- ^ Kowalski, J. (1910). "La phosphorescence progressive a basse temperature". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 151: 810–812.
- ^ Kowalski, J.; Dzierzbicki, J. (1910). "Sur le spectre de phosphorescence progressive des composés organiques aux basses températures". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 151: 943–945.
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