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.

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

* cite web
title=Zawidzki Jan Wiktor Tomasz
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000673
accessdate=2007-12-05
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zawidzki Jan Wiktor
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/55994,,,,zawidzki_jan_wiktor,haslo.html
language=Polish
accessdate=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