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George Szklenár

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* Levoca, 28 February 1745 – † Bratislava, 30 January 1790 / Jesuit teacher, historian ; ; He entered the Jesuit order in 1764. After the dissolution of the order (1773) he became a secular priest and was a teacher at the Bratislava High School until his death. In addition to his... Read More

Engel Janos Jakab

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* Levoca, 31 May 1749 – † Késmárk, 10 September 1831 / doctor ; ; His father, Jakab Engel (Levco, 30 June 1717 – Levoca, 5 June 1793) was a pharmacist. He graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Nagyszombat in 1773, as one of the first Hungarian students, and his ... Read More

John Leibitzer

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* Levoca, 1 June 1763 – † Levoca, 5 July 1817 / gardener, pomologist ; ; He was a teacher in Munkács and Szepesváralján, but in 1798 he retired to Levoca and engaged in gardening. He founded a nursery where, following Christ, he collected local varieties, observed them and propag... Read More

Engel János Christian

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* Levoca, October 17, 1770 – † Vienna, March 20, 1814 / historian ; ; Son of Jakab Engel, younger brother of János Jakab Engel. He graduated from the Evangelical Gymnasium in his hometown, where he also learned French, and then studied philosophy, mathematics, history and theolog... Read More

Charles Keczkes

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* Levoca, 18 November 1798 – † Pécs, 23 November 1856 / hydraulic engineer ; ; He received his diploma in 1822 from the Institutum Geometricum in Pest. From 1823 he was an engineer for the mapping of the Danube, and in 1829 a navigation engineer. Around 1830 he conducted surveys ... Read More

Albert Fuchs

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* Levoca, 8 April 1808 – † Bratislava, 1894 / Lutheran priest, teacher, natural science ; writer ; ; younger brother of Vilmos Fuchs. He studied theology in Bratislava, then astronomy in Vienna, and quantity science in Göttingen. In 1837 he became a mathematics and physics teache... Read More

Gyula Gretzmacher

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* Levoca, 10 August 1836 – † Selmecbánya, 26 January 1906 / mining engineer, writer on the history of technology ; ; He graduated from high school in Prešov and the mining academy in Selmecbánya in 1859, after which he worked as a mining apprentice. In 1862, he was assigned to Vi... Read More

Kornél Fabriczy

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* Levoca, September 3, 1839 – † Göttingen, October 5, 1910 / railway engineer, art historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1903) ; ; son of lawyer Sámuel Fabriczy (Poprád). He completed high school in Levoca in 1850–1857. He was a student at the Vienna Polytechnic... Read More

Ferenc Denes

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* Újterebes, April 2, 1845 – † Levoca, October 17, 1934 / geographical writer, high school teacher, Tatra explorer, mountaineer ; ; He graduated from the Hungarian Gymnasium in Levoca in 1864. From 1864 to 1869 he studied linguistics at the University of Vienna, and in 1870 he ob... Read More

Hajnóczy R. Joseph

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* Derecske, February 14, 1854 – † Levoca, May 30, 1931 / historian, teacher ; ; Born in the Great Plain, he was originally called Rajmund Zák, but in 1884 he took the surname of his mother, Lujza Hajnóczy, and in addition to it, his illustrious ancestor's first name (József) and ... Read More