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Janos Andras Segner

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* Bratislava, October 9, 1704 – † Halle, October 5, 1777 / physician, mathematician, natural scientist, university professor ; ; He completed his primary school education in Bratislava and Győr. He began his higher education in 1724 at the Reformed College in Debrecen. His physic... Read More

John Wallaszkay

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* Acsa, September 14, 1709 – † Pest, September 15, 1767 / physician, alchemist from Bratislava ; ; He obtained his medical degree from the University of Halle in 1734, after which he practiced for a while in Vienna, then settled in Bratislava. He became acquainted with alchemy du... Read More

Ignatius Klaus

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* Bratislava, August 30, 1717 – † Bratislava, November 11, 1791 / doctor of philosophy, ; theologian, Jesuit monk ; ; He entered the Jesuit order at the age of seventeen. After completing his studies, he taught philosophy and theology in Vienna, Győr, Nagyszombat, Buda, and Košic... Read More

Klaus John Michael

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* Bratislava, 16/26 January 1719 – † Vienna, 1 December 1792 / Jesuit teacher, physicist, geographical writer; ; younger brother of Ignác Klaus. He taught mathematics in Košice and Buda, natural science at the University of Vienna and the Theresianum in Vienna, and natural law at... Read More

Skollanics József Ferenc, Sgolanits

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* Oszlop, 26 January 1720 – † Bratislava, 22 November 1785 / physician, physicist of Bratislava County ; ; He obtained his medical degree in Bologna in 1747. From 1758 he was the city physician of Bratislava, and in 1770 he was a royal councilor. He was the first Hungarian practi... Read More

Matsko Janos Matthias

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* Bratislava, December 5, 1721 – † Kassel, November 19, 1796 / mathematician, astronomer ; ; After graduating from the Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava, he went to Jena in 1741, and two years later he enrolled at the University of Göttingen, where he was a student of János András Se... Read More

Windisch Karl Gottlieb

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* Bratislava, January 28, 1725 – † Bratislava, March 30, 1793 / historian, geographical writer, newspaper editor ; ; son of János Teofil Windisch, a doctor of medicine. Being a native German speaker, he studied Hungarian in Győr at the age of 11, then Slovak in Trenčín. After stu... Read More

Michael Horvath

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* Horvátzsidány, 29 September 1728 – † Bratislava, 9 March 1810 / Jesuit priest, church writer, historian, university professor ; ; He entered the Jesuit order in October 1744, lectured on philosophy, rhetoric, mathematics and gave humanities classes in Nagyszombat. He was a teac... Read More

Janos Fridvaldszky

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* Bratislava, December 13, 1730 – † Szepesváralja, May 3, 1784 / historian, naturalist, canon of Szepes ; ; His father, János Frivaldszky the elder, was the proviso of the Bratislava estate and palace of Prince-Primate Imre Esterházy, and later held the position of city senator. ... Read More

Fichtel Janos Ehrenreich

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* Bratislava, September 29, 1732 – † Vienna, February 4, 1795 / mineralogist, councilor of the Transylvanian government ; ; He completed his high school studies in his hometown, then studied law and worked as a lawyer for eight years. In 1759, he took up an office in the economic... Read More