Antoni Dobrowolski collection 1917

Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-1899

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Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

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Hugh Robert Mill was born at Thurso, Scotland, on 28 May 1861. He read chemistry and physics at Edinburgh University and specialised in marine chemistry, working on the scientific reports of the Challenger expedition under Sir John Murray. In 1887, he became lecturer in geography and physiography at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and four years later, published The realm of nature, an important textbook of scientific geography. In 1892, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Geogr...

Lecointe, Georges, 1869-1929

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Dobrowolski, Antoni Bolesław, 1872-1954

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Gomery Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de 1866-1934

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Dobrowolski, Antoni B.

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Antoni Boleslaw Dobrowolski was born in 1872 in Poland. He was educated in physical sciences at the universities of Zrich and Lige. In 1897, he joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899 (leader Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery), as assistant meteorologist. During the southern winter of 1898, he made a special study of the formation and movement of clouds formations and of the different forms of snow and ice in the atmosphere, publishing his results in 1903. His observations of ...

Arctowski, Henryk, 1871-1958

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Henryk Arctowski was born in Poland in 1871. He was educated in Belgium and Paris and also studied in London and Zurich. He joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1879-1899 (leader Adrian Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery), and was in charge of the geological, oceanographical and meteorological programmes. He was connected with the Belgian Weather Service until 1909 and then became Chief of the Science Division of the New York Public Library. In 1920, Arctowski returned to Poland to become p...