John Rezik

* Nyitrakoros, c. 1650 – † Prešov, 4 August 1710 / Lutheran teacher, writer, historian ; ; He studied in Prešov and then in Wittenberg. In 1674 he was a teacher at the University of Torun in Poland. In 1683 he was a teacher and director of the Košice gymnasium, and from 1684 he was a teacher and director of the Prešov college. In 1687 Prešov fell into the hands of the emperors, their schools were taken from the Protestants, and he returned to Toruń as a teacher. In 1705, the Prešovians, who had regained their schools, recalled him as director. He wrote in Latin the history of the Prešov blood tribunal and Protestant education in Hungary. He died during the Prešov plague epidemic. ; ; His main works: ; Theatrum Eperiense, sive laniena Eperiensis, 1687. (Newer edition with Latin and Hungarian text; published in Liptószentmiklós in 1931.)