Augustyn Wróblewski

Augustyn Wróblewski (1866–1913) was a Polish biochemist, journalist and an activist in the anarchist, temperance and social purity movements. His scientific career, during which he made discoveries in lactic acid fermentation, was stifled by his anarchist politics, which landed him in prison and later prevented him from advancing in academia. After he was committed to a psychiatric hospital, he lost interest in science and turned towards advocacy of abstinence. In his journal Czystość, he agitated for the abolition of prostitution and laid the foundations for the eugenics movement in Poland. He was largely forgotten after his death, until his works espousing an anti-authoritarian left-wing politics were rediscovered in the 21st century.