Józef Żabiński

Józef Żabiński (1860 – 27 December 1928) was a Polish chess master and problemist.

Born in Warsaw (then in the Russian Empire), he was educated in a high school gymnasium and graduated in law faculty at the Imperial University of Warsaw (Императорский Варшавский Университет) in 1886.

[1] In 1899, he became the first chairman of the Warsaw Association of the Followers of the Chess Game (Warszawskie Towarzystwo Zwolenników Gry Szachowej).

[2] He was the father of Jan Żabiński, a zoologist and zootechnician by profession, a scientist, and organizer and director of the renowned Warsaw Zoo before and during World War II.

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