Józef Wierusz-Kowalski (March 16, 1866, Pulawy – November 30, 1927, in Ankara, Turkey) was a Polish physicist and diplomat. He discovered the phenomenon of progressive phosphorescence. He served as Rector of the University of Freiburg, and helped to establish the section for physics at the reopened University of Warsaw. After Polish independence was established, he served as the Polish ambassador to the Holy See, the Netherlands, Austria and Turkey.
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16 March 1866 Pulawy, Kingdom of Poland, then part of Russian Empire
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30 November 1927 (aged 61) Ankara, Turkey
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