Edward Jan Habich

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

Edward Jan Habich (Spanish: Eduardo de Habich) (b. January 31, 1835 in Warsaw - October 31, 1909 in Lima, Peru) was a Polish engineer and mathematician. In 1876, he founded the National University of Engineering (Spanish: 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 Peru. In his native Poland he took part in the January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863.


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