Stanisław Kierbedź
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| Born | March 10, 1810 Samogitia |
| Died | April 19, 1899 (aged 89) Warsaw |
| Nationality | Polish, Russian |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Bridges, ports, railways |
| Children | Eugenia Kierbedź |
Stanisław Kierbedź (Russian: Станислав Валерианович Кербедз, Lithuanian: Stanislovas Kerbedis; 1810-1899) was a Polish-Russian engineer and military officer. He served in the Imperial Russian Army with the rank of Major General. He designed and supervised the construction of dozens of bridges, railway lines, ports and other objects in Central and Eastern Europe.
Stanisław Kierbedź was born into a land owning family in Samogitia. He was a piarist student in Panevėžys, and in 1826 he graduated from high school in Kaunas. Then, from 1826 to 1828, he studied mathematics and physics at the Imperial University of Vilnius.
After graduating, he went to Saint Petersburg and in 1831 graduated from the Institute of the Corps of Engineers Communications, where he later lectured in construction and practical mechanics as an assistant professor from 1837 to 1849. From 1834 he lectured on those subjects to classes of officers of the Main School of Engineering.
From June 1837 to September 1838 he traveled with Professor D. Melnikov to many European universities. He visited Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France (including in Paris at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees), England (with classes at the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Newcastle upon Tyne), Belgium and the Netherlands.
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