Józef Wierusz-Kowalski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish physicist
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Place of Birth: Puławy, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
About Józef Wierusz-Kowalski
- Józef Wierusz-Kowalski (March 16, 1866, Pulawy – November 30, 1927, in Ankara, Turkey) was a Polish physicist and diplomat.
- He discovered the phenomenon of progressive phosphorescence.
- 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.
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