Hristo Stambolski
Christo Tanew Stambolski (Bulgarian Христо Танев Стамболски; born August 8, 1843 in Kazanlak, † June 4, 1932 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian doctor, freedom fighter and politician and one of the activists of the Bulgarian National Revival and after the Liberation of Bulgaria official of the People's Party in Eastern Rumelia. He was the first of the Ottoman Empire, the Medical terminology from the Arabic translated into Turkish. His translation is still in use in Turkey.
Biography
He was born on August 8, 1843 in Kazanlak. He was the first child in the family of the teacher and businessman Stoentscho Stambologlu and his wife Dafina. On August 14, 1852, the eve of the Assumption, he helped the local priest to ring the new metallic Semantron, so he and the priest were arrested by the Ottomans. At the request of influential citizens of Kazanlak both were released. After this event, the young Christ began to work for the freedom of his countrymen.
His teaching began in Kazanlak. In 1858 he began studying at the Imperischen Medical College in Istanbul. In 1865 while still a student, he took part in the fight against cholera and typhoid in 1867 he healed the sick. For this he received the Turkish Medjidie Order. Stambolski translated the old Arabic medical terminology into Turkish. His translation is still in use today.
He was very famous in Istanbul and knew many high-ranking Turks. This gave him the opportunity to become an important figure in the Bulgarian church struggle. He was a member of the Temporary Council of the Bulgarian Exarchate and chairman of the Bulgarian Tschitalischte in Istanbul. He has worked with both Hilarion Makariopolski, as well as with Georgi Rakovsky and Vasil Levski. In 1877 he was exiled to Yemen, where he dealt with the disease Dracontiasis.
After the liberation of Bulgaria, he returned to Kazanlak and became a deputy in the Regional Assembly of Eastern Rumelia. In 1881 he became Minister of Transport and postal services. During the reign of Stefan Stambolov he stood like many other pro-Russian politician under house arrest. Later he worked at the Aleksandrowska Hospital. Although he was a physician, he had great interest in the Bulgarian history and published in 1914 the book Old Bulgarian history. In 1931, the last part of his autobiography. In 1932, he died at 88 years.
Swell
- Христо Стамболски: Автобиография, дневници и спомени. ( Autobiografie. Sofia: Dŭržavna pečatnica, 1927-1931 )
- Http://otves.org/bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=194
- Politicians (Bulgaria 1878-1918 )
- Carrier of mecidiye Order
- Bulgarian
- Born in 1843
- Died in 1932
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