Leopold Janikowski
| Leopold Ludwik Janikowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 14, 1855 Dąbrówka, Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | December 8, 1942 Zielonka, Warsaw, Poland |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Meteorologist and Museum Director |
| Known for | Explorer, Ethnographer |
| Spouse(s) | Zofia Krajcewicz |
| Children | Stanisław Janikowski |
| Parent(s) | Jan and Franciszka (née Wolkewicz) |
Leopold Janikowski (November 14, 1855 - December 8, 1942) was a Polish explorer and ethnographer.
Leopold Ludwik Janikowski was born on November 14, 1855 in Dąbrówka, now part of Warsaw (Białołęka) in Poland, son of Jan (born about 1817) and Franciszka (née Wolkewicz born about 1827). He died on December 8, 1942 in Zielonka, near Warsaw and is buried in Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
He attended high school in Kalisz. After moving to Warsaw, he worked for a long time at the Warsaw Astronomical Observatory in the department of meteorology. The Oxford companion to world exploration refers to Leopold Janikowski as a “well educated scientist”.
In 1881, he responded to a notice posted in the magazine Wanderer (Polish: Wedrowiec) Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński a 20-year-old naval officer of the Russian Navy, looking for companions to accompany him on a planned trip. The Polish expedition was organised to establish a geographical station in Ambas Bay, whose purpose was “to explore the Cameroon Mountains and to penetrate the interior in search of Lake Liba or Riba”.
This first documented Polish research expedition to Africa took place between 1882 and 1885, and was conducted by Stefan Szolc-Rogozinski, Leopold Janikowski and Klemens Tomczek. They visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, Liberia, and the island of Fernando Po.
They embarked at Le Havre on December 13, 1882 in the sailing vessel Łucja-Małgorzata (originally French: La Lucie Marguerite), a lugger of 100 tons with a French crew flying the French flag and the Polish colours of the Warsaw Syrena (coat of arms of the city of Warsaw). They sheltered from a storm for a few days in the English port of Falmouth, Cornwall from December 16–20, 1882.
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