Adam Bielański
Born14 December 1912
Kraków, Austria-Hungary
(now in Poland)
Died4 September 2016(2016-09-04) (aged 103)
Kraków, Poland
RelativesWładysław Bielański
(brother)
Zofia Bielańska-Osuchowska
(sister)

Adam Bielański (Polish pronunciation: [adam bjɛˈlaɲ.ski]; 14 December 1912 – 4 September 2016)[1] was a Polish chemist and professor of Jagiellonian University.[2] He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was the author of several university-level books on inorganic chemistry, many of which are standard textbooks for students at most universities in Poland.

Bielański was born in Kraków, at the time part of Austria-Hungary. His brother Władysław (1911–1982) was a professor of biology, as was his sister, Zofia Bielańska-Osuchowska. He turned 100 years old in December 2012[3] and died in 2016 at the age of 103.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "W wieku 104 lat zmarł prof. Adam Bielański" (in Polish). 6 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Bielański, Adam (1981). Chemia ogólna i nieorganiczna. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. ISBN 83-01-02626-X.
  3. ↑ Warszawski, Marcin (11 January 2013). "Nigdy nie pracowałem nad eliksirem młodości". Dziennik Polski (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Jagiellonia SA. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Odszedł prof. Adam Bielański" (in Polish). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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