Nationality Polish Role Astronomer | Name Wladyslaw Dziewulski | |
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Born 1878 Warsaw Occupation Astronomer, mathematician Known for Rector of Batory University Died February 6, 1962, Torun, Poland | ||
Wladyslaw Dziewulski (1878 – February 6, 1962) was a Polish astronomer and mathematician. He spent most his life performing astronomical research, and published over 200 papers.
Life
He studied mathematics and astronomy in his native Warsaw. Then in 1902 he went to the University of Gottingen in Germany to complete his education. In 1903, he was named as an assistant at the astronomical observatory in Krakow that belonged to the Jagiellonian University and in 1906, he gained his Ph.D. there. In 1919, he became a professor of the Batory University in Vilna and director of its Astronomical Observatory. He was also the rector of Batory University in 1924–25. Later he moved to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. He spent the last part of his life in Torun.
He focused on the gravitational perturbations of minor planets, movements of stellar groupings, and photographic photometry.
The crater Dziewulski on the Moon is named after him, as is the Wladyslaw Dziewulski Planetarium in Torun.