Joakim Gruev ( bg, Йоаким Груев, died 1912) was a

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

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. He was born on 9 September 1828 in the town of

Koprivshtitsa Koprivshtitsa ( bg, Копривщица, pronounced , from the Bulgarian word , ''kopriva'', meaning "nettle") is a historic town in the Koprivshtitsa Municipality in Sofia Province, central Bulgaria, lying on the Topolnitsa River among the S ...

. He was a teacher at the leading Bulgarian high school in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

. He was the author of a number of textbooks.

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Bulgarian writers Bulgarian educators 19th-century Bulgarian people Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences People from Koprivshtitsa 1828 births 1912 deaths 19th-century Bulgarian educators {{Bulgaria-bio-stub