Jan Sokolowski

Jan Bogumił Sokołowski (24 May 1899 – 7 April 1982) was a Polish zoologist who worked as a professor at the University of Poznan, who was a specialist in ornithology and studied the birds of Poland and made efforts for their conservation.

Sokołowski was born in Dakowy Mokre near Buk in a wealthy family, the son of local administrator Alekse and Zofia née Gintrowicz.

As a young boy he took a keen interest in nature and often got into trouble, stung by bees once and nearly drowned while observing snails and fish.

He was tutored at home at first and completed his matriculation from Poznan and then went to study art at the state school.

He received a high school teaching diploma and a master's degree in philosophy with a thesis on the histology of the intestinal tract of song birds in 1925 under Antoni Jakubski.

His books included one of the birds of Poland and he wrote numerous articles in a magazine for young naturalists.