Pavol Adami (
Slovak), Adámi Pál (
Hungarian), Paul Adami (
German
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) (9 July 1739, in
Beluša
Beluša (german: Bellusch, hu, Bellus) is a large village and municipality in Púchov District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. It is located in the northern parts of the Ilava Basin and is one of the largest communities of the P ...
– 21 September 1795) was a
Slovak scientist and
scholar
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, considered one of the world's first
veterinarian
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s. He was one of the first recorded experts in the infectious
diseases
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of animals.
External links
mek.oszk.hu
1739 births
1795 deaths
18th-century Hungarian physicians
18th-century Slovak people
Slovak scientists
Slovak biologists
Hungarians in Slovakia
People from Púchov District
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