Joseph Mikulik

* Dobsina, 24/26 January 1852 – † Rožňava, 14 January 1886 / lawyer, archivist, historian ; ; He was the son of a poor mining family. He began his schooling in his hometown and completed high school in Rožňava. He qualified as a lawyer at the Prešov Law Academy. As a student in Prešov, his interest turned to history, and when he returned to Dobsina as a lawyer, he researched the city's past in his free time. He was entrusted with the management of the city archives and was also elected to the city council. In 1880, he ran for mayor of Dobsina, but lost by one vote. This failure also played a role in his moving to Rožňava in 1882 and from then on focused his historical research on the past of Rožňava. He was a very prolific author who dealt with many topics. He planned to compile a work entitled The Hungarian Noble Life in the 16th and 17th Centuries, but his early death, caused by pneumonia, prevented this. ; ; His main works: ; The History of the Mining and Iron Industry in Dobsinán, 1880, ; Hungarian Small Town Life (History of Rozsnyó from 1526 to 1715), 1885, ; The History of the Gömör Branch of the Catholic Church from 1520 to 1740, 1917. ; ;