- Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov ( _bg. Васил Кънчов) (
26 July 1862 –6 February 1904 ) was aBulgaria ngeographer ,ethnographer andpolitician .Biography
Vasil Kanchov was born in
Vratsa . Upon graduating from High school in Lom, Bulgaria, he entered the University of Harkov, then inRussia . During theSerbo-Bulgarian War 1885 he suspended his education and took part in the war. Later, he went on to pursue studies at universities inMunich andStuttgart , but in 1888 he interrupted his education again due to an illness.In the following years Kanchov was a Bulgarian teacher in Macedonia. He was a teacher in the
Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki (1888–1891), a director of Bulgarian schools in Serres district (1891–1892), a headmaster of Bulgarian Men's High School ofThessaloniki (1892–1893), а chief school inspector of the Bulgarian schools in Macedonia (1894–1897).After 1898 Kanchov returned to Bulgaria and went into politics. In the beginning of 1902 he became an educational minister of Bulgaria, but was killed in his office by psychopath.
He travelled extensively after 1888, visiting and researching all over Macedonia.
Works
*"The region of Bitola, Prespa and Ohrid. Travel notes.". 1890 ("Битолско, Преспа и Охридско. Пътни бележки").
*"The present and the past of the town of Veles". 1892 ("Сегашното и недавнашното минало на гр. Велес") .
*"Macedonia — ethnography and statistics" 1900 ( [http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/index.html "Македония. Етнография и статистика"'] ).
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