Scherfel Vilmos Aurél

* Felka, April 23, 1835 – † Felka, April 25, 1895 / flora researcher, pharmacist ; ; In 1855, he obtained a master pharmacist's degree in Vienna and took over his father's pharmacy in his hometown, and later the pharmacy in Old Tatras. However, in 1891, he sold the pharmacies and devoted his remaining years exclusively to science. He was also the mayor of Felka in 1868–1870. In 1882, he founded the Tatra Museum in Felka, which he managed for 14 years. Next to Felka's house, he established a botanical garden that was often visited by tourists and botanists. He analyzed the medicinal and mineral waters of the area, researched the flora of the Tatra Mountains and regularly published articles in the professional journals of the time. Between 1873 and 1881 he was a member of the Hungarian Carpathian Association. ; ; His main works: ; Additions to the description of the Szépesi Tatra flora, 1879, ; Small contributions to the knowledge of the subalpine and alpine flora of the Zipser Tatra, 1879–1880, Wild vascular plants observed so far in Szépes county, 1888, ; Über Dr. Samuel Genersich and his Herbarium, 1895. ; His son, Aladár Scherffel, was a microbiologist, algologist and botanist (Igló)