Witold Zglenicki

Witold Zglenicki Витольд Згленицкий
Born	(1850-06-01)June 1, 1850 Stara Wargawa near Kutno, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Died	July 6, 1904(1904-07-06) (aged 54) Baku, Russian Empire
Resting place	Wola Kiełpińska near Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	Warsaw Main School Mining Institute in Petersburg
Occupation	geologist
Known for	explorer of rich oil pools in the Caucasus pioneer of oil extracting from the bottom of the sea
Awards	Order of the Lion and the Sun

Witold Leon Julian Zglenicki (Russian: Витольд Згленицкий; January 6, 1850, in Stara Wargawa near Kutno – July 6, 1904, in Baku, buried in Wola Kiełpińska near Warsaw) was a Polish inventor, geologist, metallurgist, oil worker and philanthropist, He was a student of Dmitry Mendeleev, and called the "father of Baku kerosene" and the "Polish Nobel".^{[This quote needs a citation]}

The main philanthropist of Polish science - donor of the then Kasa im. Mianowskiego (liquidated in 1951, reactivated in 1991) and the University of Warsaw.