Andrej Kmeť (19 November 1841, Szénásfalu,

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(today Bzenica,

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) - 16 February 1908, Turócszentmárton (today

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)) was a Slovak botanist, ethnographer, archaeologist, and geologist."Andrej Kmeť"
''Osobnosti''. Retrieved 2015-08-20. He identified several new species of plants and created a herbarium with 72,000 specimens. He was one of the first researchers who carried on modern archaeological excavations in Central Europe. In 1892, he founded the Slovak Learned Society ( sk, Slovenská učená spoločnosť), which later became nucleus of the

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. He was also known for his bitter criticism of

alcoholism Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomi ...

. Andrej Kmeť was interred in the

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Works online

''Sitno a co s neho vidieť''
Ružomberok: Fr. Rich. Osvald, 1901. 140 p. - available at ULB Digital Library

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Biography of Andrej Kmeť

Andrej Kmeť Museum
1841 births 1908 deaths People from Žiar nad Hronom District Slovak botanists Slovak Roman Catholic priests Burials at National Cemetery in Martin 19th-century Austrian Roman Catholic priests {{Slovakia-bio-stub