Ádám Farkas ( sl, Adam Farkaš, 1730 – February 12, 1786) Slovene was a Lutheran priest, poet, and rector of the lyceum in

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. Farkas was born in Suhi Vrh, Moravske Toplice. He studied in

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. By November 1, 1785, he was rector of the Lutheran Lyceum. He also wrote poems in

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and the

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* Vili Kerčmar: ''Evangeličanska cerkev na Slovenskem'',

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1995.

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