Ignatius Domeiko

Ignatius Domeiko is outstanding geologist, mineralogist, geographer and ethnologist, rector of the University of Chile and a member of many scientific societies, one of the most famous students of Vilna University and a national hero of Chile, Belarus, Poland.

He was born in the estate of Medvyadka, Novogrudok district, Minsk province. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Vilna University, studied biology, chemistry, mathematics, literature, history, foreign languages.