Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie
Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie ( TNW ; German Warschauer Wissenschaftsgesellschaft ) is a Polish scientific society founded in 1907 with its headquarters in Warsaw . The aim of the TNW is to promote research activities in all areas of knowledge with the help of readings , seminars , knowledge competitions and prize donations.
history
The TNW was founded in 1907 as a continuation of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science . Before the First World War it was the largest scientific society in the Russian-occupied part of Poland . During the Second World War the society lost about a third of its members and its seat, its laboratories and the library.
In 1951, the TNW was officially dissolved at the same time as the Polska Akademia Nauk was established . In 1981 it was reactivated with 40 members, by 1995 the number of members increased tenfold and reached around 400 scientists in 6 institutes.
Subject areas and structure
- Linguistics and literary history
- History, sociology and philosophy
- mathematics and physics
- biology
- Human medicine
- Engineering and Agricultural Sciences
The structure of the society also consists of 5 standing commissions and a library.
Head of the TNW
- Aleksander Jabłonowski (1907-1913)
- Teodor Dydyński (1913-1916)
- Bronisław Chlebowski (1916-1918)
- Jan Karol Kochanowski (1918–1925)
- Kazimierz Żorawski (1925–1931)
- Wacław Sierpiński (1931–1952)
- Wiktor Kemula (1981–1985)
- Aleksander Gieysztor (1986–1992)
- Bolesław Górnicki (1992–1995)
- Witold Rudowski (1995-2001)
- Andrzej Paszewski (2001-2007)
- Janusz Lipkowski (since 2007)