Edward Jan Habich ( es, Eduardo de Habich) (31 January 1835,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

– 31 October 1909,

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

) was a Polish

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

and

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

. In 1876, he founded the

National University of Engineering The National University of Engineering ( es, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru. History The National University of Engineering was founded in 1 ...

( es, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería), a renowned engineering school in Lima, Peru. He was a member of the Peruvian Geographic Society and an Honorary Citizen of

. In his native Poland he took part in the

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

against the Russian Empire in 1863.

Burial

Edward Jan Habich is buried at the

Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro The Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro is a cemetery in Lima, the capital city of Peru. It is also a museum, though attempts to make it a museum exclusively have failed. The architectural styles of the mausoleums found within are broad rangi ...

, Lima, Peru.

Gallery

Eduardo de Habich bust in Lima, Peru.jpg, Bust of Edward Jan Habich at the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru Lima_peru_presbitero_habich_2.jpg, Sarcophagus of Eduardo Juan de Habich, Lima, Perú.

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* 1835 births 1909 deaths Engineers from Warsaw 19th-century Polish scholars Polish mathematicians Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Peru {{Poland-mathematician-stub