Joseph Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Stefan) (March 24, 1835 – January 7, 1893) was a physicist, mathematician and poet of Slovene mother tongue and Austrian citizenship.
Stefan was born in an outskirt village St Peter (Slovene Sveti Peter) near Ebenthal (Slovene Žrelec) (today a district of Klagenfurt) (Celovec) in the Austrian Empire (now in Austria) to father Aleš (Aleksander) Stefan, born in 1805 and mother Marija Startinik, born 1815. His parents, ...
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Joseph Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Stefan) (March 24, 1835 – January 7, 1893) was a physicist, mathematician and poet of Slovene mother tongue and Austrian citizenship.
Stefan was born in an outskirt village St Peter (Slovene Sveti Peter) near Ebenthal (Slovene Žrelec) (today a district of Klagenfurt) (Celovec) in the Austrian Empire (now in Austria) to father Aleš (Aleksander) Stefan, born in 1805 and mother Marija Startinik, born 1815. His parents, both ethnic Slovenes, were married when Jožef was eleven. The Stefans were a modest family. His father was a milling assistant and mother served as a maidservant. Stefan's father died in 1872 while his mother died almost ten years earlier in 1863.
Stefan attended elementary school in Klagenfurt, where he showed his talent. They recommended that he continue his schooling, so in 1845 he went to Klagenfurt gymnasium. He experienced the revolutionary year of 1848, as a thirteen-year-old boy, which inspired him to be sympathetic toward Slovene...
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