Category: People
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Assen Zlatarov
Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov/1885 – 1936/Prof. Zlatarov was a prominent Bulgarian scientist, writer, public person and publicist in the 1920s and 1930s.He was born on 4th/16th/ February 1885 in a respected family of the Bulgarian National Revival. From 1904 to 1907 Assen Zlatarov studied Chemistry at the University of Geneva, and immediately after that he…
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Aleksandar Paskalev
Alexandar Paskalev/1879 – 1946/An eminent scientist, public person and patron, he was declared the father of modern publishing in Bulgaria. He was born on 7th November 1979 in Haskovo. He descended from a wealthy family of Bulgarian patriots. He was a hero from the siege of Odrin in 1913 for which he was awarded a…
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Asparuh Leshnikov – Ari
Asparuh Leshnikov – Ari/1898 – 1978/ Asparuh LeshnikovA Brilliant tenor and singer of old popular tunes of international popularity, he was called by the European Criticism the “the knight of the upper F”.He was born on 16th June 1898 and was a scholarship student of the prominent “Star Conservatory” in Berlin. In 1828 Asparuh Leshnikov…
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Prof. Nedyalka Simeonova
Prof. Nedyalka Simeonova/1901 – 1959/ Nedyalka SimeonovaThe first Bulgarian violinist-virtuoso, declared by the American Critics of the 1920s one of the best violinists in the world. She was born on 2nd December 1901 in Haskovo in a poor family. She started playing at 6, her first teacher being her father – Dimitar Simeonov – self-taught…
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Prof. Petkan Prodanov
Prof. Petkan Prodanov Prof. Petkan Prodanov is the founder of Blood donation fund for mutual aid. Bulgarian:Световноизвестен учен, откривател на два нови кръвногрупови варианта, почетен гражданин на Хасково, номиниран от Американския биографичен институт за “личност на 21-то столетие”, учредител на кръводарителски фонд за взаимопомощ. Заради безценния си принос в медицината и своята общественополезна дейност професор…