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Jacob Glatz

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* Poprad, November 17, 1776 – † Bratislava, September 25, 1831 / Lutheran pastor, church historian, children's book writer ; ; In 1788 he began his secondary school studies at the Keszmárk Lyceum, and also spent a year in Miskolc, where he studied Hungarian. After that, he became... Read More

Jakab Melczer

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* Poprad, May 16, 1782 – † Kislomnice, February 15, 1836 / Lutheran pastor, ethnographer, ; historian, nature diver ; ; His name is also written as Melzer. He completed his secondary school studies in Késmárk and Bratislava, and from 1805 he studied theology in Jena. He was ordai... Read More

Samuel Fabriczy

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* Poprad, March 18, 1791 – † Levski, March 18, 1858 / lawyer, legal writer, church district inspector, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1832) ; ; András Fabriczy (1751–1830) was the son of a Lutheran pastor and church writer, the brother of János Fabricz... Read More

John Fabriczy

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* Poprad, May 13, 1800 – † Levski, May 13, 1865 / chief county engineer ; ; younger brother of Sámuel Fabriczy. He completed his secondary schooling in Késmárk and Levski. From 1819 he studied at the University of Pest, and from 1820–1821 at the University of Vienna. He received ... Read More

Weber Rudolf

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* Poprad, October 16, 1843 – † Budapest, February 10, 1915 / poet, ethnographic and historical writer ; ; After the Keszmárk Lyceum, he studied philosophy in Berlin. Between 1870 and 1910, he was a teacher at the Budapest Evangelical Gymnasium. His poems written in the Spiš Germa... Read More

Ödön Krompecher

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* Poprad, February 16, 1870 – † Budapest, August 26, 1926 / physician, pathologist, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1915) ; ; His father was Imre Krompecher (1839–1903), a merchant from Poprad, and his mother was Vilma Krompecher –... Read More

Bela Hanko

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* Poprad, July 5, 1886 – † Toronto, November 16, 1959 / zoologist, university professor ; ; He earned his teaching and doctorate degrees at the University of Budapest. From 1910 he was an assistant professor at the zoology department. In 1911 he worked at the Helgoland zoological... Read More

Laszlo Kiss

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* Poprad, July 27, 1910 – † Ann Arbor/USA, October 7, 2000 / statistician, mathematician, university professor, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In the USA he was known as Leslie Kish ; ; During World War I, the family moved to Zilah, but he often spent his s... Read More

Otto Varga

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* Szepetnek, November 22, 1909 – † Budapest, June 14, 1969 / mathematician, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1965) ; ; He was born in Szepetnek, Zala County, but moved with his family to Poprad at a young age and completed high school in Késmárk.... Read More

George Barta

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* Poprád, October 29, 1915 – † Budapest, October 21, 1992 / geophysicist, meteorologist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1982) ; ; After his father's death (1918), the family moved to Kispest. He graduated from the local Deák Ferenc Gymnasium in... Read More