Wilhelmina Iwanowska

Wilhelmina Iwanowska (1905, Vilnius – 1999) was a Polish astronomer, a researcher and the first astrophysics professor in Poland.[1]

She was one of the founders of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the Toruń School of Astronomy and Radioastronomy and helped develop many of their programs.[2][3] In the course of her research, she discovered the scale of distance in the universe.[4]

Iwanowska became the vice president of the International Astronomical Union and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Iwanowska received honorary doctorates at three universities. In 1995, she was awarded the Great Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[5] In 1997, she became an honorary citizen of Winnipeg and Toruń.[6] The Pope gave her the medal "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice".[7]

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange funds scholarship for doctoral students under the framework of The Iwanowska Programme.

References
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