Józef Grzybowski (March 17, 1869 – February 17, 1922), was a Polish

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

and foraminiferologist.Webb, Peter.
Józef Grzybowski: A Pioneer in Micropaleontological Biostratigraphy
, ''New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics'', October, 1970. 750. Grzybowski was born in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. He was educated at

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

where he became the director of the Paleontological Laboratory. Grzybowski was a Professor of Palaeontology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, a pioneer in the use of microfossils for stratigraphical applications.

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External links

Web page of Józef Grzybowski Foundation
1869 births 1922 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni Academic staff of Jagiellonian University 20th-century Polish geologists Polish paleontologists Scientists from Kraków Micropaleontologists 19th-century Polish geologists People from Austria-Hungary {{paleontologist-stub