Mieczysław Jan Warmus (born 1 June 1918 in Dobrowlany, Poland (now Дабраўляны, Беларусь); died 20 September 2007 in

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). He was a

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, a pioneer of

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in Poland, professor, university lecturer, author of over a hundred scientific papers. He defended his PhD at

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based on dissertation ''Calculating Areas of Flat Surfaces Using Parallelogram Grids'' under

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' supervision. The habilitation thesis titled ''"Nomogrammable Functions"'' was defended on February 22, 1958. By a resolution dated May 29, 1958, the Central Qualification Committee for Scientific Workers awarded Associate Professor Dr. habil. Mieczysław Warmus the academic title of ''Extraordinary Professor''. Mieczysław Warmus passed away on September 20, 2007, in

. He was buried on October 2, 2007, at the

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