Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw (August 4, 1923,
Stanisławów – 2001,
Islington
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) was a
Canadian inventor
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,
industrialist
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, and
chemist of
Ukrainian origin who revolutionized the mining industry with his inventions and techniques.
References
External links
Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw - Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
1923 births
2001 deaths
People from Ivano-Frankivsk
Ukrainian emigrants to Canada
20th-century Ukrainian inventors
20th-century Canadian inventors
Ukrainian chemists
Canadian chemists
20th-century Ukrainian scientists
20th-century Canadian scientists
University of Breslau alumni
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni
Scientists from Ontario
KU Leuven alumni
Fellows of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
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