Alexander Zygmunt Dobzhansky was born in Volyn in the village Zazyvav in 1891. In 1909 he entered the KPI, where in 1914 became a junior assistant at the Faculty of Chemistry, and in 1917 received a diploma of engineer chemist. After graduation the university he moved to Bosnia, built a glass factory in the town Paratsyn. Then he found out more about technology of glass in Czechoslovakia. In 1929 he returned to Volyn and became technical director of glass factory in Zolkov near Lviv. Later he directed technical work at the glass factorys of Jablonne, Ożarów, Domrov around Warsaw and at the glass factory "Weneda" in Warsaw itself. He participated in the creation and was editor of magazine "Glass Industry". In 1937 he moved from Warsaw to Radom, where he became technical director of glass factory "Vidocq", and then of the factory "Mikavit." During the german occupation in Radom he has founded his own company which dealt with polishing and sale of glass.
After the liberation of Poland Alexander Dobzhansky began working in Warsaw at the Ministry of Industry. In 1945 he was appointed as a technical director of the Association of the glass industry in Potrkov Trybunalsky. He began to restore production at the glass factory of pre-war Poland and the new western lands. In 1946 he took part in the organization of the central management of mineral industry in Warsaw, was appointed as a director of the project office of glass industry in Wolomin. He also resumed production of the magazine "Glass Industry" (later "Glass and Ceramics") and was main editor until 1970. Due to illness he went to the post of assistant of editor and remained so until his death. Because of him, this magazine became world famous among scientific and technical publications of this industry. Also, "Glass Industry" became the body of an association of engineers and technicians of building materials industry, which was part of the Main Technical Organisation. At the same time Alexander Dobzhansky participated in the creation of technical secondary schools for specialists of glass field in Potrkov Trybunalsky and Wolomin. There he worked as a teacher 16 years and then as a director. He was the author of the book "Glass Technology" monograph "Polish Glass", dictionaries and articles about the glass field. He received the highest awards from its union engineers and TRP.
He died in 1975. He was buried at Warsaw's Orthodox cemetery.