# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jozef-wierusz-kowalski
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:24:41.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jozef-wierusz-kowalski"
name: "Józef Wierusz-Kowalski"
slug: "jozef-wierusz-kowalski"
description: "Józef Wierusz-Kowalski was a Polish physicist and diplomat. He discovered the phenomenon of progressive phosphorescence. He served as Rector of the University of Fribourg, and helped to establish the section for physics at the reopened University of Warsaw. After Polish independence was established, he served as the Polish ambassador to the Holy See, the Netherlands, Austria and Turkey."
tagline: "Polish physicist (1866-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%B3zef_Wierusz-Kowalski.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1866-03-16"
deathDate: "1927-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.04
  momentum:             0.07692307692307693
  historical:           4.609432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Józef Wierusz-Kowalski"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Wierusz-Kowalski"
    title: "Józef Wierusz-Kowalski"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11730603"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump