Wojciech Rubinowicz

Wojciech Sylwester Piotr Rubinowicz[1] (February 22, 1889 – October 13, 1974) was a Polish theoretical physicist who made contributions in quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, and the theory of radiation.

He was born in Sadagóra, Bukovina, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Margaret Brodowska and Damian Rubinowicz, Polish patriot and insurgent of the January Uprising of 1863.

In 1916 he began postgraduate studies at the University of Munich under Arnold Sommerfeld and eventually becoming his assistant.

[3] After World War II, starting in 1946, he was professor of theoretical physics at the University of Warsaw until 1960.

[14] The circle of his disciples and associates included in Lwów Jan Blaton, Wanda Hanusowa, Roman Stanisław Ingarden, Wasyl Milianczuk, Jerzy Rayski, Kazimierz Vetulani, in Warsaw Bohdan Karczewski, Wojciech Królikowski, Adam Kujawski, Jan Petykiewicz, Jerzy Plebański.