Ignacy Zaborowski

Ignacy Zaborowski (2 November 1754–10 January 1803) was a Polish mathematician and geodesist; Piarist.

Born on 2 November 1754 in Ruthenian Voivodeship,[1] Zaborowski attended Piarists school in Zolochiv.

After moving to Warsaw, he became a teacher of mathematics and measuring, and then rector (1799–1801) of Collegium Nobilium.

[1] In 1786 Zaborowski published the textbook Jeometria praktyczna (Polish for Practical geometry), where he described methods of geodesic measurement.

He started working on the book Geometria wiejska, an agriculture measurement textbook, but it has not been finished.