Teofil Żebrawski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Teofil Żebrawski

Polish mathematician, bibliographer, architect, biologist, archeologist, cartographer, geodesist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1800

Place of Birth: Wojnicz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1887

Profession: architect, engineer, mathematician, biologist, cartographer, entomologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, philosopher, geodesist, linguist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Teofil Żebrawski

  • Teofil Zebrawski (1800–1887) was a Polish mathematician, bibliographer, architect, biologist, archeologist, cartographer and geodesist; an erudite and polymath.
  • Pioneer of the modern Polish mathematical bibliography. He was an author of works mainly about road, iron road and bridge constructions, cartography, topography and entomology.
  • Author of Polish, French and German dictionary of architecture, building engineering and materials science terms.
  • Author and publisher of Free City of Kraków maps from 1833, city map of Kraków from 1834 and health resorts map of Galicia and Bukowina.
  • Zebrawski derived the chain curve formula and applied it to the bridge arc calculations.
  • He published a paper on the main causes of train derailment and its present methods.
  • He introduced his own method of maps and map graticule classification.
  • He researched and described changes in fauna of butterflies in Kraków region.
  • Zebrawski directed restorations of Dominicans Church in Kraków, altars of St.
  • Mary's Basilica and Royal Graves of the Wawel Cathedral. Zebrawski was also a translator.
  • His notable translations to Polish language includes The Poems of Ossian originally written by James Macpherson and Diversarum Artium Schedula — Libri III by Theophilus Presbyter. He participated in the November Uprising (1830–1831) as a First Lieutenant-Engineer (porucznik-inzynier) of Józef Dwernicki corps and in the Kraków Uprising (1846) as a Captain (kapitan).

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