Władysław Ślebodziński [SEP] place of death
Władysław Ślebodziński
Władysław Ślebodziński () (February 6, 1884 in Pysznica – January 3, 1972 in Wrocław, Poland) was a Polish mathematician.
Władysław Ślebodziński was educated at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (1903-1908) where he subsequently held a teaching position until 1921. After 1921, he lectured at the State High School of Mechanical Engineering Poznań and in the thirties, he was a visiting lecturer at the Poznań University and Warsaw University until 1939. During the Second World War, he gave underground lectures,
was named a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was also decorated with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Gold Cross of Merit.
Żorawski died in 1953.
After his death, the importance of his work to the development of Polish mathematics was recognized by many scientists. A telegram addressed to his family by Bronisław Knaster, Edward Marczewski, Hugo Steinhaus, and Władysław Ślebodziński expresses this recognition:
""...we wish to express to the family of Professor Kazimierz Żorawski