Osman Achmatowicz

Osman Achmatowicz

Osman Achmatowicz (born April 16, 1899 in Bergaliszki – December 4, 1988 in Warsaw) was a Polish chemist of Lipka Tatar descent. His son, Osman Achmatowicz Jr., (also a chemist) is credited with the Achmatowicz reaction in 1971.

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Name	Achmatowicz, Osman
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Date of birth	April 16, 1899
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Date of death	December 4, 1988
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Ambassadorial Representations:

1. Represented Polish Chemistry at the Celebrations of the Centenary of the Chemical Society, London (1964)

2. UNESCO Paris General Assembly as a member of the Polish Delegation and presided over the Natural Sciences Section of the Assembly (1954)

3. Overseas Guest of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Bristol (1955)

4. Headed the Polish Universities Delegation to Great Britain organised by the British Council (1957): received in audience by the Queen-Mother, Chancellor of the University of London.

5. Sat on the Cultural Committee of the Polish-British Round Table Conference at Jablonna in 1962 and at Wilton Park in 1967.

Meritorious Awards and Position:

1. State Orders Minister of Higher Education: awarded individual State Prize of 1st degree (1964)

2. Medal of the Xth anniversary of the Polish People’s Republic; the order of millennium (1966) for “discovering new alkaloids and studying their structure”

3. Merited Culture Activist, Distinction (1969)

4. Officer Cross of the order of “Polonia Restituta” (1951)

5. Commander Cross of the order of “Polonia Restituta” (1954)

6. Order of the Banner of Labor, First Class (1969)

7. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Lodz Polytechnical University (1960)

8. Director of the Institute of Polish Culture in London (1964 – 1969)