1684 - 1749
Matthias Bel British Scientist
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Details
| First Name |
Matthias
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| Last Name |
Bel
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| Birthday |
22nd March, 1684
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| Birthplace |
(now Očová, Slovakia)
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| Died |
1749
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| Place of Death |
(now Bratislava, Slovakia)
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
lutheran priest, writer, historian, geographer, alchemist
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél (German: Matthias Bel; Hungarian: Bél Mátyás; Slovak: Matej Bel; Latin: Matthias Belius; 22–24 March(?), 1684 – 29 August 1749) was a Slovak Lutheran pastor and polymath from the north of the Kingdom of Hungary (Slovakia). Bel was active in the fields of pedagogy, philosophy, philology, history, and theoretical theology; he was the founder of Hungarian geographic science and a pioneer of descriptive ethnography and economy. A leading figure in pietism. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary ("Magnum decus Hungariae" or "Veľká ozdoba Uhosrka").
