JAN WITOLD DOROSZEWSKI Linguist; (b. Moscow, 1 May 1899 – d. Warsaw, 26 January 1976)

University professor in Warsaw, full professor (from 1938); head of the Department for the Polish Language; founder and head of the Linguistics Division of PAN (from 1954)

Membership of SASA: Department of Language and Literature; foreign member from 16 December 1971

Awards and recognitions: Dr. h. c. of universities in Łódź (1960); Berlin (1960); Prague (1968); Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People’s Poland; the Officer’s Cross; Commander’s Cross (1954); Order of the Banner of Work; French Legion of Honour, Commander’s Cross (1939)

Photograph: SANU-F 518