Ernest Malinowski

Adam Stanisław Hipolit Ernest Nepomucen Malinowski (5 January 1818 – 2 March 1899; Spanish: Adam Estanislao Hipólito Ernesto Nepomuceno Malinowski) was a Polish civil engineer best known for constructing the world's highest railway at the time, the Ferrovias Central, in the Peruvian Andes between 1871–1876 . He participated in the Battle of Callao in 1866 and was also a corresponding member of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil Society in Switzerland.

Ernest Malinowski
Ernest Malinowski ca. 1890
Born(1818-01-05)5 January 1818
Seweryny, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
Died2 March 1899(1899-03-02) (aged 81)
Lima, Peru
NationalityPolish
Education
  • Lycée Louis-le-Grand
  • École Polytechnique
  • École des ponts ParisTech
OccupationEngineer
Parents
  • Jakub Malinowski
  • Anna Świejkowska
Engineering career
Discipline
InstitutionsComisión Central de Ingenieros Civiles
Projects
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