Mark Zamenhof Mark Zamenhof Mark Zamenhof (was born January 27, 1837 in Suwałki, died November 29, 1907 in Warsaw) is Esperanto form of Markus Fabianoviĉ Samenhof, "Christian" or goja name of Mordeĥaj Zamenhof, son of Fabian Zamenhof and father of L. L. Zamenhof (the creator of Esperanto); teacher of languages French and German. Knight of many orders. Descriptive analysis of the official documents allowed to ascertain that Mordka Zamenhof officially altered his name in Marek and postmortem the name of his father Fajwel to Fabian, what officially was lodged April 20, 1871, marginally of the earlier birth-certificate of Fejgla. Some unknown facts
Ludwik Rydygier Ludwik Rydygier Ludwik Rydygier (German: Ludwig Anton Rydygier von Ruediger; 21 August 1850 – 25 June 1920) was a German-Polish surgeon and professor of medicine. Born in Dossoczyn (today Dusocin) near Graudenz (Grudziądz), at the time part of the Province of Prussia after partitioning of Poland. Since childhood he accented his Polish origin. Between 1859 and 1861 he was learning in gymnasium in Konitz, then also in gymnasium in Kulm, which he graduated in 1869. In years 1869-1878 he studied medical sciences at the University of Greifswald. After studies he was running a private clinic in Kulm. There he wrote