Jan_Szczepański_(sociologist)
Jan Szczepański (sociologist)
Polish sociologist and politician
Jan Szczepański (14 September 1913 – 16 April 2004) was a Polish sociologist and politician. Professor of University of Łódź, its rector from 1952 to 1956. His works concentrated on theory of sociology, history of sociology, as well as studying of transformations of social structure.
He was a politician in People's Republic of Poland, deputy to Sejm and member of the Polish Council of State from 1977 to 1982. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Szczepański retired in 1982.
He was the sixth president of the International Sociological Association (1966–1970).[1]