Leon Paweł Teodor Marchlewski (15 December 1869 in
Włocławek
Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...
– 16 January 1946 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 ...
,
Poland
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) was a Polish
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
and an Honorary Member of the
Polish Chemical Society
The Polish Chemical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, PTCHEM) is a professional scientific society of Polish chemists.
History
The society was founded of 118 Charter Members on 29 June 1919 on the initiative of Leon Marchlewski, Stan ...
.
He was one of the founders in the field of
chlorophyll
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chemistry
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. The illustration on the right is of his diplomatic passport he used in 1927 to attend an international conference on chemistry in Paris.
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1869 births
1946 deaths
Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery
People from Włocławek
Polish senators
Polish chemists
Chemical pathologists
Members of the Lwów Scientific Society
Rectors of the Jagiellonian University
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
People from Congress Poland
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