Tadas Ivanauskas
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Tadas Ivanauskas (December 16, 1882 - June 1, 1971) was a famous Lithuanian zoologist, one of the founders of the Vytautas Magnus University and a professor there for a large part of his life. Together with another early 20th century Lithuanian activist, Michał Römer, Ivanauskas gave one of the first lectures on Lithuania in Paris in 1905.
Among his other achievements, he is known for opening one of the first bird ringing stations in Europe in Ventė Horn, the zoological museum (1918), and the Zoo, in Kaunas (1938).
[edit] Nationality
Being born as Tadeusz Iwanowski in the territory of today's Belarus in a Polonized Belarusian[citation needed] Catholic szlachta family loyal to the heritage of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, he did not know Lithuanian language until 1905. Ivanauskas considered himself to be Lithuanian, and dedicated his life to newly re-established country. He opened first Lithuanian school with his wife in 1918.
The other three brothers of Ivanauskas identified themselves with the other two nationalities of former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, two chose to become Polish, and one Belarusian.
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