# Jan Dembowski

> Polish biologist and academic (1889-1963)

**Wikidata**: [Q224816](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224816)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Dembowski_(biologist))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jan-dembowski-q224816-2

## Summary

Jan Dembowski was born on December 26, 1889, in Saint Petersburg[1] and died on September 22, 1963, in Warsaw[1]. A Polish citizen, he was buried at Powązki Military Cemetery. He was educated at Saint Petersburg State University and the University of Vienna[2].Dembowski worked as a biologist, politician, zoologist, and university teacher[3]. His academic employers included the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952–1956), the University of Warsaw, the University of Łódź (1947–1952), and Vilnius University (1934–1939)[2]. His professional fields encompassed comparative psychology, biology, zoology, and lectorship[3]. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the Lwów Scientific Society, and the Polish Academy of Sciences[4].In politics, he served as the Marshal of the Sejm and a member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic[5]. His awards included the Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Order of the Builders of People's Poland, the Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and the Gold Cross of Merit‎.


## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. [Source](https://bs.sejm.gov.pl/F?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=000010588&find_code=SYS&local_base=ARS10)
3. Botany and Lysenkoism in Poland
4. Czech National Authority Database
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. CiNii Research
7. [Source](http://czlonkowie.pan.pl/czlonkowie/sites/WynikiWyszukiwania.html?s=DEMBOWSKI,%20Jan%20)
8. Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
9. Google Knowledge Graph
10. IdRef
11. Sejm-Wielki.pl