Background
Dembowski was born in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dembowski was born in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia.
He became the first president of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952-1956), marshal of the Sejm (1952-1957) and Deputy Chairman of the Polish Council of State (1952-1957). In years 1929-1939 he was the editor-in-chief of popular-science journal Wszechświat. He died, aged 73, in Warsaw.
National Academy of Sciences.