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Jan Zawidzki

Jan Wiktor Tomasz Zawidzki (December 20, 1866 in Włóki, Masovian Voivodeship – September 14, 1928 in Warsaw) was a Polish physical chemist and historian of chemistry. He was researching mainly chemical kinetics, thermochemistry and autocatalysis.

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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.

Notable works

Books

Kinetyka chemiczna (1931)
Chemia nieorganiczna vol. 1–2 (1932–1936)

References

Zawidzki Jan Wiktor Tomasz (Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
Zawidzki Jan Wiktor (Polish). WIEM Encyklopedia. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.

Persondata
NAME	Zawidzki, Jan Wiktor Tomasz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	physical chemist, historian of chemistry
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Włóki, Masovian Voivodeship
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1928
PLACE OF DEATH	Warsaw