Edward Jan Habich

Polish engineer and mathematician

Edward Jan Habich

Born	(1835-01-31)January 31, 1835 Warsaw, Poland
Died	October 31, 1909(1909-10-31) (aged 74) Lima, Peru
Nationality	Polish

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.

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.