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Lviv University

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Ukrainian	Львівський Університет
Latin	Universitas Leopoliensis
Established	1661
Location	Lviv, Ukraine
Enrollment	~12 000
Rector	Ivan Vakarchuk
Address	Universytets'ka 1 79000, L'viv Ukraine
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The building of the University.

University of Lviv (full name: Ivan Franko national university of L'viv, Ukrainian: Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка, Polish: Uniwersytet Lwowski) is the oldest university in Ukraine, founded in 1661 by King Jan II Kazimierz in Lviv. Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Lviv (Ukrainian: Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ñ–Ð², Lâ€™viv ; Polish: LwÃ³w; Russian: Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ð¾Ð², Lvov; German: Lemberg; Yiddish: ×œ×¢×ž×‘×¢×¨×’; Latin: Leopolis; see also Cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine, the capital city of the Lviv Oblast (province) and one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. ... Lviv coat of arms Motto: Semper fidelis Municipal government City council (Львівська міська рада) Mayor City chairman Lyubomyr Bunyak Area 171,01 km² Population total 2000 density 808,900 4786/km² Founded city rights 13th century 1353 Area code + 0322 Latitude Longitude 49°51′ N 24°01′ E Twin towns... Download high resolution version (1110x752, 30 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (858x643, 64 KB) Lwow University --Stako 12:05, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Lviv University ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (858x643, 64 KB) Lwow University --Stako 12:05, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Lviv University ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Reign From November, 1648 until September 16, 1668 Elected In November 1648 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On January 19, 1649 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Vasa Parents Zygmunt III Waza Anna Austriaczka Consorts Ludwika Maria Children with Ludwika Maria Maria Anna Teresa... Lviv (Ukrainian: Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ñ–Ð², Lâ€™viv ; Polish: LwÃ³w; Russian: Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ð¾Ð², Lvov; German: Lemberg; Yiddish: ×œ×¢×ž×‘×¢×¨×’; Latin: Leopolis; see also Cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine, the capital city of the Lviv Oblast (province) and one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. ...

1 History
2 Faculties
- 2.1 Research divisions and facilities
3 Notable alumni
4 Notable professors
5 Other
6 See also

History

Faculties

Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics ([1])
Faculty of International Relations ([2])
Faculty of Biology ([3])
Faculty of Journalism ([4])
Faculty of Chemistry ([5])
Faculty of Law ([6])
Faculty of Economics ([7])
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics ([8])
Faculty of Electronics ([9])
Faculty of Philology ([10])
Faculty of Foreign Languages ([11])
Faculty of Philosophy ([12])
Faculty of Geography ([13])
Faculty of Physics ([14])
Faculty of Geology ([15])
Faculty of Preuniversity Training ([16])
Faculty of History ([17])
Department of Pedagogy ([18])

Research divisions and facilities

Scientific Research Department ([19])
Zoological museum ([20])
University Library ([21])
Journal of Physical Studies ([22])
The Institute of Archaeology ([23])
Ukrainian journal of computational linguistics ([24])
Media Ecology Institute ([25])
Modern Ukraine ([26])
Institute for Historical Research ([27])
Reginal Agency for Sustainable Development ([28])
Botanical Garden ([29])
NATO Winter Academy in Lviv ([30])
Scientific technical & educational center of low temperature studies ([31])

Notable alumni

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890–1963), philosopher, mathematician and logician, a pioneer of categorial grammar
Stefan Banach (1892–1945), eminent mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the Lwów School of Mathematics, father of functional analysis
Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski (1865–1925), classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of the Jagiellonian University
Georgiy R. Gongadze (1969–2000), Georgia and Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000
Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), scientist and politician, member of the Polish Government in Exile
Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1881-1941), philosopher, mathematician, logician
Pinhas Lavon (1904–1976), Israeli politician
Antoni Łomnicki (1881–1941), mathematician
Jan Łukasiewicz (1878–1956), mathematician
Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), commander of the First Polish Armoured Division, the last Commander of the First Polish Army Corps under Allied Command
Kazimierz Michałowski (1901–1981), archeologist and Egyptologist
Jan Parandowski (1895–1978), writer, essayist, and translator, expert on classical antiquity
Maciej Rataj (1884–1940), Polish politician, president
Markiyan Shashkevych (1811–1843), poet
Joseph Cardinal Slipyj (1892–1984), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1982), mathematician, educator, and humanist
Rudolf Weigl (1883–1957), biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (born on December 12, 1890 in Tarnopol, Galicia (now Ternopil, Ukraine) - April 12, 1963 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish philosopher, mathematician and logician. ... -1... Stefan Banach Stefan Banach (March 30, 1892 in KrakÃ³w, part of Poland under the occupation of Austria-Hungary â€“ August 31, 1945 in Lviv, Soviet Union), was a Polish mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the LwÃ³w School of Mathematics in pre-war Poland. ... The LwÃ³w School of Mathematics was a group of mathematicians in the corresponding Polish city (now Lviv, Ukraine) who worked together, meeting particularly at the Scottish CafÃ© to discuss mathematical problems. ... Functional analysis is that branch of mathematics and specifically of analysis which is concerned with the study of spaces of functions. ... Piotr Ignacy BieÅ„kowski (1865 â€“ 1925) was a Polish classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of Jagiellonian University. ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet JagielloÅ„ski, often shortened to UJ) is a university in Krakow, Poland. ... Georgiy R. Gongadze Georgiy Ruslanovich Gongadze (Ukrainian: , May 21, 1969 â€“ September 2000?) was a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. ... StanisÅ‚aw Kot (22 October 1885- 26 December 1975) was a Polish scientist and politician, member of the Polish Government in Exile. ... The Government of the Polish Republic in exile was the government of Poland after the German occupation of Poland in September 1939. ... Tadeusz KotarbiÅ„ski (b. ... Pinhas Lavon (born July 12, 1904 in Kopychintsy in what was previously Galicia and is now in Ukraine, died January 24, 1976 in Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli politician and labor leader. ... Antoni Marian Åomnicki Antoni Marian Åomnicki (b. ... Jan Åukasiewicz (born 21 December 1878 - 13 February 1956) was a mathematician born in LwÃ³w, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Gen. ... Polish 1st Armoured Div Patch The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna) was an Allied military unit during World War II, created in February 1942 in Scotland. ... Kazimierz MichaÅ‚owski (b. ... Jan Parandowski (born May 11, 1895, in LwÃ³w, Poland - died September 26, 1978 in Warsaw) was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. ... It has been suggested that Greco-Roman be merged into this article or section. ... Maciej Rataj (19 February 1884 - 21 June 1940) was a Polish politician, president, socialist activist and writer. ... Following are the successive heads of state of Poland. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus (January 14, 1887 - February 25, 1972) was a Polish mathematician, educator, and humanist. ... Rudolf Weigl Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Czech-Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. ...

Notable professors

Henryk Arctowski (1871–1958), oceanographer, Antarctica explorer
Szymon Askenazy (1866-1935), historian, diplomat and politician, founder of the Lwów-Warsaw School of History
Herman Auerbach (1901-1942), mathematician
Stefan Banach
Oswald Balzer (1858–1933), historian of law and statehood
st. Józef Bilczewski (1860–1923), archbishop of the city of Lwów of the Latins
Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), Avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician
Antoni Cieszyński (1882–1941), physician, dentist and surgeon
Jan Czekanowski (1882–1965), anthropologist, statistician and linguist
Władysław Dobrzaniecki (1897–1941), physician and surgeon
Yakiv Holovatsky (1814–1888), poet
Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866—1934), historian,organizer of scholarship, leader of the pre-revolution Ukrainian national movement, head of Ukraine's parliament, first president of the Ukraine
Stefan Inglot (1902—1944), historian
Zygmunt Janiszewski (1888–1920), mathematician,
Ignacy Krasicki (1735—1801), writer and poet, senator, Bishop of Warmia and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895—1978), linguist
Jan Łukasiewicz
Ignác Martinovics (1755-1795) - physicist, Franciscan, Hungarian revolutionary
Stanisław Mazur (1905—1981), mathematician
Stanisław Ruziewicz (1881—1941), mathematician
Wacław Sierpiński (1882—1969), mathematician, known for contributions to set theory, number theory, theory of functions and topology
Marian Smoluchowski (1872—1917), scientist, pioneer of statistical physics and a mountaineer, creator the basis of the theory of stochastic processes
Hugo Steinhaus
Kazimierz Twardowski (1866—1938), philosopher and logician, head of the Lwów-Warsaw School of Logic
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874—1941), gynaecologist, writer, poet, art critic, translator of French literary classics and journalist
Rudolf Weigl

Henryk Arctowski (1871 - 1958) was a Polish scientist, oceanographer and explorer of Antarctica. ... Szymon Askenazy (1866?-1935) was a Polish historian, diplomat and politician, founder of the Askenazy school. ... The Askenazy school (Polish SzkoÅ‚a Askenazego, sometimes referred to as LwÃ³w-Warsaw School of History - Lwowsko-warszawska szkoÅ‚a historyczna) was an informal group of Polish historians formed in the early 20th century under the influence of Szymon Askenazy in the University of Lwow and Warsaw University. ... Herman Auerbach (1901-1942) was a Polish mathematician. ... Stefan Banach Stefan Banach (March 30, 1892 in KrakÃ³w, part of Poland under the occupation of Austria-Hungary â€“ August 31, 1945 in Lviv, Soviet Union), was a Polish mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the LwÃ³w School of Mathematics in pre-war Poland. ... Oswald Marian Balzer (1858–1933), was a Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renown Polish historians of his times. ... Archbishop of LwÃ³w JÃ³zef Bilczewski Saint JÃ³zef Bilczewski (1860-1923) was a Catholic archbishop of the city of LwÃ³w, a professor of theology at the LwÃ³w University and a rector of that school. ... The archdiocese of Lviv (Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected in 1412 1375-1380 Maciej 1384-1390 Bernard 1391-1409 bl. ... Leon Chwistek Leon Chwistek (b. ... Antoni CieszyÅ„ski (b. ... Jan Czekanowski (1882 - 1965), Polish anthropologist, statistician and linguist He worked at the University of Lviv and University of Poznan. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Dobrzaniecki (b. ... Hrushevsky in 1895 Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky (Ukrainian: }; CheÅ‚m, 29 June (17 June Old Style) 1866 â€” Kislovodsk, 26 November 1934) was one of the most important Ukrainian public figures of the 20th century. ... Mariyinsky Palace The President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: , Prezydent Ukrayiny) is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name. ... Stefan Inglot (b. ... Zygmunt Janiszewski (b. ... Ignacy Krasicki Ignacy Krasicki (February 3, 1735, in Galicia â€” March 14, 1801, in Berlin) was a Polish prince of the Roman Catholic Church, a social critic, a leading writer, and the outstanding poet of the Polish Enlightenment, hailed by contemporaries as the Prince of Poets. ... The Polish Senate The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. ... Prince Bishops / Bishops of Warmia: 1250-1274 Anselm of Meissen 1278-1300 Heinrich I Fleming 1301-1326 Eberhard of Neisse 1327-1328 Jordan 1329-1334 Heinrich II Wogenap 1337-1349 Herman of Prague 1350-1355 Joannes I of Meissen 1355-1373 Joannes II Stryprock 1373-1401 Heinrich III Sorbom 1401... Archbishops of Gniezno and simultaneously Primates of Poland since 1412. ... A Polish linguist (1895-1978) who was one of the greatest 20th-century students of Indo-European languages. ... Jan Åukasiewicz (born 21 December 1878 - 13 February 1956) was a mathematician born in LwÃ³w, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... StanisÅ‚aw Mazur (born 1 January 1905 - 5 November 1981) was a Polish mathematician. ... StanisÅ‚aw Ruziewicz (b. ... WacÅ‚aw Franciszek SierpiÅ„ski (March 14, 1882 â€” October 21, 1969), a Polish mathematician, was born and died in Warsaw. ... Set theory is the mathematical theory of sets, which represent collections of abstract objects. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Topology (Greek topos, place and logos, study) is a branch of mathematics concerned with spatial properties preserved under bicontinuous deformation (stretching without tearing or gluing); these are the topological invariants. ... Marian Smoluchowski Marian Smoluchowski (Marian Ritter von Smolan Smoluchowski, 28 May 1872 in VorderbrÃ¼hl near Vienna - 5 September 1917 in KrakÃ³w) was a Polish scientist, pioneer of statistical physics and a mountaineer. ... In the mathematics of probability, a stochastic process can be thought of as a random function. ... Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus (January 14, 1887 - February 25, 1972) was a Polish mathematician, educator, and humanist. ... Kazimierz Jerzy Skrzypna-Twardowski, Ritter von Ogonczyk (b. ... The LwÃ³w-Warsaw School of logic was headed by Kazimierz Twardowski, former student of Franz Brentano and known as the father of Polish logic. This school is at the origin of Polish logic and was closely connected to the Warsaw School of Mathematics. ... Tadeusz Å»eleÅ„ski (better known under his pseudonym Tadeusz Boy-Å»eleÅ„ski; 1874-1941) was a Polish gynaecologist, writer, poet, art critic, translator of French literary classics and journalist. ... Rudolf Weigl Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Czech-Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. ...

Other

Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki (1825—1899), landowner, naturalist, political activist, collector and patron of arts
Stanisław Lem (b. 1921), satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) virtuoso pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, the third Prime Minister of Poland

Noble Family Dzieduszycki Coat of Arms Sas Parents Jozef Kalasanty Dzieduszycki Paulina Dzialynska Consorts Alfonsyna Miaczynska Children with Alfonsyna Miaczynska Klementyna Dzieduszycka Anna Dzieduszycka Maria Dzieduszycka Jadwiga Dzieduszycka Date of Birth August 22, 1825 Place of Birth Jaryszow Date of Death September 18, 1899 Place of Death Poturzyca Count W... StanisÅ‚aw Lem in 1966 StanisÅ‚aw Lem (born September 12, 1921, Lviv) is a Polish satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer. ... Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 â€“ June 29, 1941) was a Polish virtuoso pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, the third Prime Minister of Poland. ... This is a list of Prime Ministers of Poland. ...

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