Poprád (Strázsa)

Gabor Fejervary

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* Komlóskeresztes, 1780 – † Pest, November 2, 1851 / archaeologist ; ; Károly Fejérváry (1743 – Komlóskeresztes, December 6, 1794) was the son of a landowner and collector of antiquities. [His sister, Apolllónia Fejérváry, was the mother of Ferenc Pulszky (Eperjes).] He studied l... Read More

Antal Rochel, Anton Rochel

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* Neunkirchen, 18 June 1770 – † Graz, 12 May 1847 / physician, botanist ; ; He studied surgery in Vienna, then served as a paramedic in the imperial army from 1788. In 1792 he became a master surgeon, and then obtained the title of master obstetrician. After that, he served as a ... Read More

Samuel Weber

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* Poprad, March 26, 1835 – † Szepesbéla, May 18, 1908 / Lutheran pastor, local historian, ; Tatra researcher ; ; His father was the mayor of Poprad, his younger brother Rudolf Weber was an ethnographic and historical writer. He completed his secondary schooling at the Keszmárk Ly... Read More

John Bogsch

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* Poprad, 1745 – Bratislava, January 18, 1821 / Evangelical teacher, gardener and beekeeper ; ; He completed his school studies in Levoča, Selmecbánya and Bratislava. Between 1769 and 1785 he was a teacher in Levoča, and from 1785 he worked as an organist and high school teacher ... Read More

Jacob Glatz

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* Poprad, November 17, 1776 – † Bratislava, September 25, 1831 / Lutheran pastor, church historian, children's book writer ; ; In 1788 he began his secondary school studies at the Keszmárk Lyceum, and also spent a year in Miskolc, where he studied Hungarian. After that, he became... Read More

Jakab Melczer

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* Poprad, May 16, 1782 – † Kislomnice, February 15, 1836 / Lutheran pastor, ethnographer, ; historian, nature diver ; ; His name is also written as Melzer. He completed his secondary school studies in Késmárk and Bratislava, and from 1805 he studied theology in Jena. He was ordai... Read More

Samuel Fabriczy

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* Poprad, March 18, 1791 – † Levski, March 18, 1858 / lawyer, legal writer, church district inspector, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1832) ; ; András Fabriczy (1751–1830) was the son of a Lutheran pastor and church writer, the brother of János Fabricz... Read More

John Fabriczy

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* Poprad, May 13, 1800 – † Levski, May 13, 1865 / chief county engineer ; ; younger brother of Sámuel Fabriczy. He completed his secondary schooling in Késmárk and Levski. From 1819 he studied at the University of Pest, and from 1820–1821 at the University of Vienna. He received ... Read More

Weber Rudolf

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* Poprad, October 16, 1843 – † Budapest, February 10, 1915 / poet, ethnographic and historical writer ; ; After the Keszmárk Lyceum, he studied philosophy in Berlin. Between 1870 and 1910, he was a teacher at the Budapest Evangelical Gymnasium. His poems written in the Spiš Germa... Read More

Ödön Krompecher

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* Poprad, February 16, 1870 – † Budapest, August 26, 1926 / physician, pathologist, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1915) ; ; His father was Imre Krompecher (1839–1903), a merchant from Poprad, and his mother was Vilma Krompecher –... Read More