Zygmunt Laskowski
Polish physician, inventor of an embalming method, and discoverer of a supernova.
He invented a new method of embalming and conserving anatomical specimens, receiving medals at the Expositions Universelles of 1867 and 1878. He also discovered the supernova V603 Aquilae in 1918.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 19 January 1841, Warsaw
- Died
- 15 April 1928, Geneva
- Nationality
- Polish
- Profession
- Physician
- surgeon
- anatomist
- Invention
- New method of embalming and conserving anatomical specimens
- Notable discovery
- Supernova V603 Aquilae (first observed 9 June 1918)
- Honorary doctorate
- Jagiellonian University (1900)
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