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Martin Schwartner was the founder of statistics in Hungary. He studied history, diplomacy and statistics at the University of Göttingen. After his studies he became professor at grammar school in Kežmarok, where he lectured history and statistics, which was later introduced into the curriculum thanks to him. Since 1786 he lectured diplomacy and heraldry at the University of Pest. Due to his works on the statistics of Hungary Schwartner received a royal reward and was even promoted to a noble state. It also brought elements of political arithmetic. It can therefore be described as a precursor to scientific statistics. He donated his 12,000 volume library and a large sum of money in testament to Lyceum in Kežmarok. At present, only a fraction of this donation is still in the Lyceum Library. The most valuable of his library are prints published in the 16th century.