Jan jozef ignacy lukasiewicz kim

Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor and philanthropist

Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (Polish pronunciation:[iɡˈnatsɨwukaˈɕɛvitʂ]^ⓘ; 8 March – 7 January ) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist.

He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, crown land of Austria-Hungary. He was a pioneer who in built the world's first modern oil refinery.^[1][2][3]

His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep crude oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (), and the construction of the world's first modern oil well ().

Life

Youth and studies

Ignacy Łukasiewicz was born on 8 March in Zaduszniki, near Mielec, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in the Austrian Empire (after the Partitions of Poland) as the youngest of five children. His f