Sámuel Teleki (book Collector)
Sámuel Teleki may refer to: * Sámuel Teleki (chancellor) (1739–1822), Chancellor of Transylvania * Sámuel Teleki (explorer) Count Sámuel Teleki de Szék (1 November 1845 – 10 March 1916) was a Hungarian explorer who led the first expedition to Northern Kenya. He was the first European to see Lake Turkana Early life Teleki was born in 1845 in Sáromberke, a ...

Sámuel Teleki (chancellor)
Count Sámuel Teleki de Szék (17 November 1739, Gornești – 7 August 1822, Vienna), Chancellor of Transylvania, famous book collector, founder of the Teleki Library in Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Transylvania. He was the great-grandfather of the explorer Sámuel Teleki. Biography Count Sámuel Teleki de Szék was born in the village of Gernyeszeg, Principality of Transylvania (now Gornești, Mureș County, Romania) on 17 November 1739. A crucial time of his years of preparation was the four-year study tour he performed in Europe (1759–1763), the most important stops of which were in Basel, Utrecht, Leiden, and Paris. His impressions triggered the idea to found a library; few people knew more about books at the time. During his university years, he made up a well-devised plan to build out a book-supplying network. Arriving home he settled on his Sáromberke estate near the village in which he was born. This is where he started his activity toward the reformation ...
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