Witold Zglenicki
Witold Zglenicki Витольд Згленицкий | |
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| Born | June 1, 1850 |
| Died | July 6, 1904 (aged 54) |
| Resting place | Wola Kiełpińska near Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | Warsaw Main School Mining Institute in Petersburg |
| Occupation | geologist |
| Known for | explorer of rich oil pools in the Caucasus pioneer of oil extracting from the bottom of the sea |
| Awards | Order of the Lion and the Sun |
Witold Leon Julian Zglenicki (Russian: Витольд Згленицкий; January 6, 1850, in Stara Wargawa near Kutno – July 6, 1904, in Baku, buried in Wola Kiełpińska near Warsaw) was a Polish scientist, geologist, and philanthropist who worked in Azerbaijan. He was the first to propose extracting oil from the seabed of the Caspian Sea.
For his contributions, he was awarded the rank of Collegiate Assessor by Tsarist Russia and honored with the "Order of the Lion and the Sun" by Qajar Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. After his death, he bequeathed his entire fortune to scientific and charitable funds. Due to his philanthropic activities, he was referred to as the "Polish Nobel." Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
The main philanthropist of Polish science - donor of the then Kasa im. Mianowskiego (liquidated in 1951, reactivated in 1991) and the University of Warsaw.