Frederick James Fuker

Frederick James Fuker

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* Košice, March 5, 1748 – † Tállya, 1805 / doctor, godfather of Lajos Kossuth ; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown, then studied medicine at the university in Nagyszombat. He received his medical degree in 1773, and worked as a practicing physician in his hometown and after 1784 in Tállya. His death was caused by the fact that he went to visit a patient in the winter and froze on the way. According to an article published in the 38th issue of Vasárnapi Újság on the occasion of Lajos Kossuth's 90th birthday on September 18, 1892, he was Kossuth's godfather. Kazinczy referred to him as a "contesting Fucker". He also wrote humorous articles in the German newspapers of the time. ; ; Main works: ; Dissertatio inaug. medica. Generalia medicinae, 1773, ; De salubrite et morbis Hungariae schediasma (in 2003 the Slovak translation was also published under the title: O zdraví a chorobách Uhorska), 1777, ; Klagelied von einem Ungarn auf den Tod seiner grossen und guten Königin M. Theresia, 1780, Was Pius VI. in Wien gemacht? Eine Anfrage aus der Provinz, 1782, ; Versuch einer Beschreibung des Tokayer Gebürges, 1790 (two additional, ; expanded editions were also published), ; Principia adornando systemati rationis rei litterariae deservitura, 1791, ; Krankengeschichten und Curarten.

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Kisszabos