Jagiellonian University - Notable Professors

Notable Professors

  • Stanisław of Skarbimierz (1360–1431), rector, theologian, lawyer
  • Paweł Włodkowic (1370–1435), lawyer, diplomat and politician, representative of Poland on the Council of Constance
  • Albert Brudzewski (1445–1497), astronomer and mathematician
  • Maciej Miechowita (1457–1523), historian, chronicler, geographer, medic
  • Jan Brożek (1585–1652), mathematician, physician and astronomer
  • Henryk Jordan (1842–1907), professor of obstetrics
  • Walery Jaworski (1849–1924), gastroenterologist
  • Ludwik Rydygier (1850 – 1920), general surgeon
  • Władysław Natanson (1864–1937), physicist
  • Stanisław Estreicher (1869–1939), founder of the Jagiellonian University Museum
  • Tadeusz Estreicher (1871–1952), pioneer in cryogenics
  • Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917), pioneer of statistical physics
  • Bohdan Lepky (1872–1941), literature
  • Stanisław Kutrzeba (1876–1946), rector, General Secretary of the Polish Academy of Learning
  • Andrzej Gawroński (1885–1927), founder of the Polish Oriental Society, master of Sanskrit
  • Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), historian and politician
  • Tadeusz Sulimirski (1898–1983), historian and archaeologist, experts on the ancient Sarmatians
  • Stanisław Smreczyński(1899–1975) zoologist.
  • Henryk Niewodniczański (1900–1968), physicist

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