Józef Paczoski | |
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Born | Józef Konrad Paczoski 8 December 1864 Byalohorodka,
Congress Poland (present-day Ukraine) |
Died | 14 February 1942 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Known for | phytosociology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Poznań |
Józef Konrad Paczoski ( /ˈjʊzɛf pəˈtʃɒski/; 8 December 1864 – 14 February 1942) was a Polish botanist, Professor at the Poznań University and a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He coined the term " phytosociology" [1] and was one of the founders of this branch of botany. [2] He is also known for his research on the flora of the Białowieża Forest. [3]
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Paczoski was born on 8 December 1864 in Byalohorodka near Iziaslav, Ukraine in Volhynia. From 1877 he studied botany at faculty of Biological Science at Jagiellonian University and Kiev University under the guidance of Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen. [4]
He was an early pioneer of the science of phytosociology, the study of natural plant communities. [2] In 1896 he coined the term "phytosociology". [1] In 1923 he became a scientific manager of the forest reserves in the Białowieża Forest. He did much of his research on the vegetation of the Białowieża National Park. [5] From 1925 to 1931 he was Professor of Plant Systematics and Sociology at Poznań University, [6] where he established the first Institute of Plant Sociology in the world.[ citation needed]
He was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności), the predecessor of the Polish Academy of Sciences. [7]
He died on 14 February 1942 in Sierosław near Poznań, Poland of a heart attack, when he heard that his grandson had been beaten up by the Gestapo as Poland was occupied at that time by Nazi Germany. [2]
Józef Paczoski | |
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Born | Józef Konrad Paczoski 8 December 1864 Byalohorodka,
Congress Poland (present-day Ukraine) |
Died | 14 February 1942 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Known for | phytosociology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Poznań |
Józef Konrad Paczoski ( /ˈjʊzɛf pəˈtʃɒski/; 8 December 1864 – 14 February 1942) was a Polish botanist, Professor at the Poznań University and a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He coined the term " phytosociology" [1] and was one of the founders of this branch of botany. [2] He is also known for his research on the flora of the Białowieża Forest. [3]
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adding to it. (June 2020) |
Paczoski was born on 8 December 1864 in Byalohorodka near Iziaslav, Ukraine in Volhynia. From 1877 he studied botany at faculty of Biological Science at Jagiellonian University and Kiev University under the guidance of Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen. [4]
He was an early pioneer of the science of phytosociology, the study of natural plant communities. [2] In 1896 he coined the term "phytosociology". [1] In 1923 he became a scientific manager of the forest reserves in the Białowieża Forest. He did much of his research on the vegetation of the Białowieża National Park. [5] From 1925 to 1931 he was Professor of Plant Systematics and Sociology at Poznań University, [6] where he established the first Institute of Plant Sociology in the world.[ citation needed]
He was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności), the predecessor of the Polish Academy of Sciences. [7]
He died on 14 February 1942 in Sierosław near Poznań, Poland of a heart attack, when he heard that his grandson had been beaten up by the Gestapo as Poland was occupied at that time by Nazi Germany. [2]