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Jan 01, 1815 Died on 26 Dec 1860 (aged 45)
Polish-American doctor, soldier and veteran of the November Uprising
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About Felix Wierzbicki
- Felix Wierzbicki (Polish: Feliks Pawel Wierzbicki [Felix Paul Wierzbicki]; 1 January 1815, in Czerniawka, Volhynia, Poland, now Chernyavka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine – 26 December 1860, in San Francisco) was a Polish-American veteran of the November 1830 Uprising, physician, soldier, traveler, and writer.In 1849, Wierzbicki published in San Francisco the first English-language book printed in California, California as It Is and as It May Be, or A Guide to the Gold Region.
- The book is an "unvarnished" description of the culture, peoples, and climate of the area at that time.
- Wierzbicki described prospective settlers, and included a survey of agriculture and hints on gold mining.Wierzbicki died on 26 December 1860 in San Francisco and was buried there in the Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- His remains were later reinterred at the San Francisco National Cemetery.
