Juozas Matulis
Juozas Matulis | |
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| Born | 19 March 1899 Tatkonis, Vilnius Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 June 1993 (aged 94) Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Alma mater | University of Lithuania Leipzig University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | Lithuanian Academy of Sciences |
Juozas Matulis (19 March 1899 – 25 June 1993) was a Lithuanian chemist, physicist and long-time president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
Biography
[edit]Education
[edit]In 1912, Matulis graduated from Juodpėnai Elementary School. He then studied at the Liepoja Gymnasium from 1920 he served in the electrical engineering battalion of the Lithuanian army. in 1923 Assistant Head of the Organization Department of the Post, Telegraph and Telephone Board.[1]
In 1924, he graduated from the Adult Gymnasium of the Lithuanian Teachers' Trade Union in Kaunas and entered the Technical Faculty of the University of Lithuania. In 1925, he was transferred to the Physics and Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. From 1925, Mautlis participated in the activities of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and was a member of its student organization Žiežirba.[1]
In 1928, he was accepted to the University of Lithuania as a junior laboratory assistant and in 1929 he graduated from the university. From 1930 he was chief assistant of the Chemistry Department of Kaunas University. In 1931–1933, he completed an internship at the University of Leipzig and in 1934 he received a doctorate in chemistry.[2]
Academic career
[edit]From 1936, he was associate professor and from 1940 the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Natural Sciences of Vilnius University. Matulis career reached new heights after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940. In 1941, he was elected as an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR and secretary of the Department of Natural Sciences. After the war, Matulis became the chairman of the restoration committee of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and in 1946, he was elected chairman of the Academy of Sciences, a position he held until 1984.[2] He was also a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.[3] Matulis was the founder of the national electrochemical school in Lithuania.
As politician he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR from 1947, and from 1959 to 1963 he was its deputy chairman. Matulis became a member of the Communist Party of Lithuania in 1950 and was a member of its Central Committee from 1956 to 1986.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Juozas Matulis. Vilnius: TEV. 1999. ISBN 978-9986-546-53-5.
- ^ a b "Juozas Matulis". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Матулис Ю.Ю. - Общая информация". www.ras.ru. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Матулис Юозас Юозович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
| International | |
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- 1899 births
- 1993 deaths
- Lithuanian chemists
- Lithuanian physicists
- Soviet chemists
- Soviet physicists
- Vytautas Magnus University alumni
- Academic staff of Vilnius University
- Leipzig University alumni
- Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Communist Party of Lithuania politicians
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Third convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Fifth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Sixth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Eighth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Ninth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Physical chemists