Józef Siemiradzki (March 28, 1858,

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– December 12, 1933,

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) was a

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, and explorer. He was professor of paleontology at the

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(1901–1933). Siemiradzki studied nature at the

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. He visited

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three times: 1882–1883, 1892, and 1895.

References

Ewa Głowniak ''Biography of Józef Siemiradzki (1858-1933)''
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"Liste des oiseaux recueillis par MM. Stolzmann et Siemiradzki dans l'Ecuadeur occidental". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' (in French): Polish ornithologists 19th-century Polish geologists 1933 deaths 1858 births 20th-century Polish geologists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Austria-Hungary {{explorer-stub