FILOMATA IGNACY DOMEYKO (1802–1889) – APOSTOŁ OŚWIATY W CHILE

• Authors: Mucha Danuta

Title variants

EN

Philomath Ignacy Domeyko (1082–1889) – the apostle of science in Chile

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

After collapse of the November Uprising, Domeyko left for Paris where he graduated from a mining school. When asked by the Chilean authorities, in 1838 he went to that country and spent 46 very busy and fruitful years there. In Chile he created a scientific basis for exploitation of natural resources and was acknowledged as one of those who had rendered great service to the development of Chilean economy and culture. Domeyko was a long-standing chancellor of the Santiago University, carried out a reform of secondary and higher education, created an ethnographic museum, as well as a network of meteorological stations. He wrote many books in geology, mineralogy, physics, chemistry, ethnography and other sciences. He fully deserves the name of the apostle of science in Chile.

Keywords

EN

Chile; 19th century; Domeyko; biography; economy; science; culture

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1(50)
• Pages: 31-44

Contributors

author

Mucha Danuta

• Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego