Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (died 1838)

Jędrzej Śniadecki

Polish writer and physician (1768–1838)

Jędrzej Śniadecki was a Polish writer, physician, chemist, biologist and philosopher. His achievements include being the first person who linked rickets to lack of sunlight. He also created modern Polish terminology in the field of chemistry.