Jozef stefan biography for kids
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Josef Stefan
Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (–)
Josef Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Štefan; 24 March – 7 January )[1] was a Carinthian Slovenephysicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.
Jozef stefan biography for kids
Life and work
Stefan was born in the village of St. Peter (Slovene: Sveti Peter) on the outskirts of Klagenfurt) to Aleš (Aleksander) Stefan () and Marija Startinik (). His parents, both ethnic Slovenes, did not marry until Josef was eleven.
The Stefans were of modest means; his father was a milling assistant and his mother served as a maidservant. Josef was their only child.[2]
Stefan attended elementary school in Klagenfurt, where he showed talent, and was recommended for enrollment at the Klagenfurt Lyceum&#;[de] in At thirteen, he experienced the revolutionary year of , which inspired him to show sympathy toward the Slovene literary and national movement.
After having graduated top of his class in high school, he briefl