Józef Wierusz-Kowalski
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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
Józef Wierusz Kowalski
Wierusz-Kowalski (left) in The Hague in 1922
The International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, or League of Nations Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, was an advisory organisation for the League of Nations that promoted international
Józef Wierusz-Kowalski
…See on 1 July 1919. On 19 October 1921 he was appointed deputy of Poland at The Hague, where he remained until 1 December 1924. He was a member of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations. He then became the Polish ambassador in Vienna, Austria, holding the position until 30 September 1926. On 21 October 1926 he…
ICIC Archives in Geneva
Henri Bergson (ICIC president) to Inazo Nitobe (International Bureaux Section director), 1924.
The Palais Wilson (Geneva), seat of the LoN and the ICIC between 1922 and 1937.
ICIC Plenary session (date unknown, between 1924 and 1927).