Ignacy Mościcki

Japanese: モシチツキ（英語表記）Ignacy Mościcki

1867‐1946
Polish scholar and politician. He studied chemistry at Riga Technical University. He became involved in the socialist movement and fled to Britain and Switzerland in 1892. He discovered a new method for producing nitrogen, and in 1912 he became a professor at Lvov Polytechnic University, contributing to the development of the chemical industry. After the political upheaval of May 1926, he was appointed president by his friend J. Piuszki, and faithfully carried out his policies. When World War II broke out in 1939, he fled to Romania and handed power over to the government in exile in Paris. He died in exile in Switzerland after the war. [Ito Takayuki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1867‐1946
ポーランドの学者，政治家。リガ工科大学で化学を学ぶ。社会主義運動に関与し，1892年イギリス，スイスに亡命。新たな窒素製造法を発見，1912年リボフ工科大学教授となり，化学工業の発展に寄与する。26年5月の政変後，親交のあったJ.ピウスーツキによって大統領に任命され，その政策を忠実に実行する。39年第2次大戦勃発に際し，ルーマニアに逃れ，政権をパリの亡命政府に譲る。戦後スイスの亡命先で客死。【伊東孝之】

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