Matthias Bel

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Matthias Bel
Matthias Bel
Born	(1684-03-22)22 March 1684 Ocsova, Kingdom of Hungary (now Očová, Slovakia)
Died	29 August 1749(1749-08-29) (aged 65) Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
Citizenship	Hungarian
Occupation(s)	Lutheran priest, writer, historian, geographer, alchemist
Spouse	Susanna Hermann

Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél (German: Matthias Bel; Hungarian: Bél Mátyás; Slovak: Matej Bel; Latin: Matthias Belius; 22–24 March(?),^[a] 1684 – 29 August 1749) was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. Bel was active in the fields of pedagogy, philosophy, philology, history, and theoretical theology; he was the founder of Hungarian geographic science and a pioneer of descriptive ethnography and economy. A leading figure in pietism. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary (Magnum decus Hungariae).

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