Edward Jan Habich
Edward Jan Habich (Spanish: Eduardo de Habich) (31 January 1835, Warsaw – 31 October 1909, Lima, Peru) was a Polish engineer and mathematician.[1] In 1876, he founded the National University of Engineering (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería), a renowned engineering school in Lima, Peru.[2] He was a member of the Peruvian Geographic Society and an Honorary Citizen of Peru. In his native Poland he took part in the January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863.
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| Born | January 31, 1835 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | October 31, 1909 (aged 74) Lima, Peru |
| Nationality | Polish |
Burial
Edward Jan Habich is buried at the Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro, Lima, Peru.
Gallery
Bust of Edward Jan Habich at the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru
Sarcophagus of Eduardo Juan de Habich, Lima, Perú.
References
- Jacques Philippon; Jacques Poirier (25 November 2008). Joseph Babinski : A Biography: A Biography. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-19-970871-0.
- Polish Perspectives. Pałac Kultury i Nauki. 1978.
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