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Researching the Biography and Genealogy of my Scientist Grandfather Dr. W.S. Kindraczuk from Horodenka in Galicia, Chemist of Łańcut in Poland and Pioneer of Probiotics in Vienna in 1912. by Dr. Romana M. Bahry, Professor Emerita, York University

A lost discovery. A forgotten scientist. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and two World Wars. This presentation described a granddaughter’s search for documents for her biographical book and family history of Dr. Wolodymyr (Włodzimierz) Sylvester Kindraczuk, PhD Chemistry  (b.1882, Horodenka, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire  -d. 1969, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), his discovery of the new probiotic bacteria Bacillus carpathicus in Hutsul huslianka in Vienna in 1912, his pharmacy in Łańcut, Poland and his immigration to Canada with his wife and family .  Dr. Bahry’s book can be purchased at: https://www.bookstore.yorku.ca/ 

A video recording of Dr. Bahry’s Webinar presentation can be found here. The recording of the Q&A session which followed can be found here.

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