Andras Jaszlinszky

* 1 September 1715 Szina, † 1 January 1783 Rozsnyó / Jesuit naturalist ; ; He completed his university studies in Nagyszombat, studying logic, physics, and metaphysics. His master was Ferenc Kéri Borgia. He was a university professor first in Vienna and then in Nagyszombat. In 1771 he became the rector of the University of Nagyszombat. After the dissolution of the order, in 1773 he became a canon of Rozsnyó. The mechanical approach prevailed in his natural philosophy. His university textbook on physics, which summarizes the knowledge of the mid-18th century in a modern way, was one of the first such works in Hungarian terms. He also conducted significant research in the field of biology. ; ; Web documents: ; • Hungarian Biography Lexicon 1000-1990 (MEK) ; • József Szinnyei: The Lives and Works of Hungarian Writers (MEK); • András Jaszlinszky (Wikipedia); • Hungarian Catholic Lexicon; • Miklós Gábor Fári: The Extraordinary Reception Case of Count Imre Festetics - The First Empirical Genetic Law Before the Birth of Mendel (Reception and Creativity - Open Hungarian Culture); • László Székely: The Copernican Turn and the New Physical Worldview Emerging in Hungary Following the Copernican Turn (Reception and Creativity - Open Hungarian Culture); • Csaba Csapodi: Natural Philosophy-Physics at the University of Nagyszombat in the Age of Enlightenment (MEK - PDF); • Andreas Jaszlinszky (Wikipedia - English)