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Samuel Spielenberger

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* Szepesolaszi, 1570 c. – † Levoca, 11 June 1654 / physician ; ; His name is sometimes written as Spielenberg. He obtained his doctorate in Basel. He began his medical practice in Levoca and soon gained national fame. He was also the personal physician of the Prince of Transylvan... Read More

Frederick Fuchs

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* Levoča, December 31, 1799 – † Levoča, October 6, 1874 / chief forester, engineer, cartographer ; ; Cousin of Vilmos Fuchs and Albert Fuchs. Little is known about his life. From the late 1830s he was the supervisor of the Újlubló ironworks. He was an extensive professional write... Read More

David Spielenberger

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* Levoca, July 22, 1627 – † Levoca, May 27, 1684 / physician, city judge ; ; son of Sámuel Spielenberger, father of Dávid Spielenberger Jr. He began his studies in his hometown, then in 1650 he became a student at the University of Wittenberg. Later he studied medicine in Leiden,... Read More

David Spielenberger Jr.

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* Levoča, 1660 – † Levoča, 12 January 1730 / doctor of medicine, mining entrepreneur ; ; He began his studies in his hometown, was a medical student in Jena in 1681–1683, and in Leiden in 1684–1685, and obtained his doctorate in medicine. Upon returning home, he became a city phy... Read More

Adami John Jacob

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* Levoca, 1713 – † Banská Bystrica, July 4, 1792 / Lutheran pastor, church writer, beekeeper ; ; Studied in Jena and Halle. Returning home in 1734, he was first a school principal in Banská Bystrica, then (between 1748 and 1780) a preacher. One of the pioneers of beekeeping in Hu... Read More

George Szklenár

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* Levoca, 28 February 1745 – † Bratislava, 30 January 1790 / Jesuit teacher, historian ; ; He entered the Jesuit order in 1764. After the dissolution of the order (1773) he became a secular priest and was a teacher at the Bratislava High School until his death. In addition to his... Read More

Engel Janos Jakab

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* Levoca, 31 May 1749 – † Késmárk, 10 September 1831 / doctor ; ; His father, Jakab Engel (Levco, 30 June 1717 – Levoca, 5 June 1793) was a pharmacist. He graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Nagyszombat in 1773, as one of the first Hungarian students, and his ... Read More

John Leibitzer

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* Levoca, 1 June 1763 – † Levoca, 5 July 1817 / gardener, pomologist ; ; He was a teacher in Munkács and Szepesváralján, but in 1798 he retired to Levoca and engaged in gardening. He founded a nursery where, following Christ, he collected local varieties, observed them and propag... Read More

Engel János Christian

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* Levoca, October 17, 1770 – † Vienna, March 20, 1814 / historian ; ; Son of Jakab Engel, younger brother of János Jakab Engel. He graduated from the Evangelical Gymnasium in his hometown, where he also learned French, and then studied philosophy, mathematics, history and theolog... Read More

Charles Keczkes

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* Levoca, 18 November 1798 – † Pécs, 23 November 1856 / hydraulic engineer ; ; He received his diploma in 1822 from the Institutum Geometricum in Pest. From 1823 he was an engineer for the mapping of the Danube, and in 1829 a navigation engineer. Around 1830 he conducted surveys ... Read More