Edward Jan Habich

Bust of Edward Jan Habich at the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru

Edward Jan Habich (Spanish: Eduardo de Habich) (b. 31 January 1835 in Warsaw - 31 October 1909 in 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Polish Perspectives. Pałac Kultury i Nauki. 1978.


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