Karol Bohdanowicz

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Professor Karol Bohdanowicz
Born	17 (29) December 1864 Lutsyn, Lutsyn County, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	5 June 1947 (1947-06-06) (aged 82) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
Citizenship	Russian Empire, Second Polish Republic
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg Mining University
Awards	Konstantinovsky medal
Scientific career
Fields	geology engineer, geographer, geologist, mining engineer
Institutions	Saint Petersburg Mining University Kraków Mining Academy State Geological Institute (Warsaw)
Academic advisors	Ivan Vasilevich Mushketov
Notes
Member of the Polish Scientific Society in Lwów

Karol Bohdanowicz (born 29 November 1864 in Lucyn – died 5 June 1947 in Warsaw) was a Polish geologist, an expert in mining geology and physical geography. Bohdanowicz' research contributed to the construction of the Caspian railway line and enabled the estimation of oil deposits in the desert areas of the Caspian Depression. He also discovered substantial gold deposits in Siberia. He was the author of about 200 scientific papers, including a number of textbooks on geology of deposits and two monographs: 'Mineral raw materials of the world' and 'Iron ores'.