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Bronisław Ferens
Bronisław Ferens (1912 – 24 March 1991) was a Polish ornithologist, conservationist, and professor at the Jagiellonian University. He took a special interest in the fauna of the montane region, particularly the Tatra mountains. Ferens was born in the Żywiec region. He became interested in the birds of the Tatra mountains and began to study them. He made intensive studies on some species such as the eagle owl (''Bubo bubo''). He collaborated with Janusz Domaniewski Janusz Witold Domaniewski (30 April 1891 – 15 March 1954) was a Polish ornithologist and conservationist. He was a curator at the Warsaw zoological museum and was involved in the establishment of a nature preserve in the Tatra mountains. ... and Antoni Kocyan on the conservation of the region. From 1948 to 1963 he worked with the department of nature conservation and natural resources at the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1957 he joined an expedition to Spitsbergen. From 1960 to 1970 he headed the bird bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in continuous operation in the world. The university grounds contain the Kraków Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university has been viewed as a vanguard of Polish culture as well as a significant contributor to the intellectual heritage of Europe. The campus of the Jagiellonian University is centrally located within the Kraków, city of Kraków. The university consists of thirteen main faculties, in addition to three faculties composing the Jagiellonian University Medical College, Collegium Medicum. It employs roughly 4,000 academics and provides education to more than 35,000 students who study in 166 fields. The main language of instruction is Polish, although around 30 degrees are offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Domaniewski
Janusz Witold Domaniewski (30 April 1891 – 15 March 1954) was a Polish ornithologist and conservationist. He was a curator at the Warsaw zoological museum and was involved in the establishment of a nature preserve in the Tatra mountains. Life and work Domaniewski was born in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and made visits to Zakopane both with family and during his studies. In 1921 he moved to live in Zakopane where his wife Irena was to recover from a lung illness and returned to Warsaw in 1930 to serve at the museum. In 1949 he returned to Zakopane, living there until his death. Domaniewski wrote extensively about hunting and the fauna of the Tatra mountains. His published works include the following: * 1918: Die Stellung des ''Urocynchramus pylzowi'' Przev. in der Systematik. ''J. Ornithol.'' 66(4): 421–424. (first appraisal of the true distinctness of Przewalski's finch) * 1924: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung ''Thamnophilus'' Vieillot. ''Bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Kocyan
Antoni Kocyan (Hungarian Koczyan Antal, Slovak Anton Kocian) (8 August 1836 – 22 December 1916) was a Polish-Hungarian naturalist, specimen collector, and forester. He was a collector of birds and small mammals particularly from the Tatra mountains. A Silurian fossil coral '' Avicenia kocyani'' is named in his honour. Antoni was born in Maków Podhalański and worked in Kuźnice from 1856 for the Homolacs family in Zakład Hutniczy. He trained in specimen preservation under Ernst Schauer (1812–1888) while on a trip together into the Tatra mountains in 1861. He took part in the January Uprising in 1863 along with Bronisław and Stanisław Homolacs and in the process lost vision in one eye. He then worked on the estate forests from 1867 to 1870 and then in the Orawa region (1870–1885) and then at Zuberec (1885–1910). Numerous Polish zoologists visited him including Tytus Chałubiński, Antoni Rehmann, August Wrześniowski, Justyn Karliński, Józef Rostafiński, Marian Łom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Births
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skipping 13 days. Friday, 30 November ''(Julian Calendar)'' immediately turned Saturday, 14 December 1912 ''(in the Gregorian Calendar)''. Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German Geophysics, geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. ** New Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state. * January 8 – The African National Congress is founded as the South African Native National Congress, at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein, to promote improved rights for Black people, black South Africans, with Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Ornithologists
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