John Szombathy
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* Rimaszombat, 1749 – † Sárospatak, October 5, 1823 / teacher, writer, rector ; ; He completed his studies in Rimaszombat, Sárospatak, and then at the universities of Zurich and Utrecht. From 1782 he was a teacher in Sárospatak, the college's chief librarian, and from 1785 he was rector. He mainly dealt with school history. He also had significant literary, historical, and theological work. He corresponded with Ferenc Kazinczy. ; ; His main works: ; ABC könyvecske, 1797, ; A brief history of the Sárospatak Reformed College, 1809, ; Historia scholae seu collegii ref. Sárospatakiensis (edited for printing by János Erdélyi), 1860.