Kwart Hist Nauki Tech. 1994 ; 39(3-4): 73-84.

[Jan Marian Dobrowolski--botanist and expert in herbalism (1886-1958)]

Magowska A.

A botanist by education, Jan M. Dobrowolski devoted his whole life to the advancement of pharmacy. Working at the universities of Warsaw and PoznaÅ, he organized medicinal herbs cultivation projects, for which he developed a theoretical basis. He also gave lectures for students of pharmacy, taking care to provide them with a comprehensive and modern eduction. Some of the less known episodes of his life include his participation in the formation of the scouting movement in Poland, his religious and ethical activity, his journalistic experiences, and his role in organizing mass-scale collection of medicinal herbs in the years of the Second World War. After the war he continued his research as well as organizational and didactic work at the University of PoznaÅ.