Historical figure Petar Beron

Petar Hadzhi Beron was a Bulgarian physician, scholar, educator and benefactor, born in Kotel in 1799. He began at the local monastery school and Andon Hadzhi Krinchu's Greek-Bulgarian school before continuing at the Greek Princely Academy in Bucharest.

After studying medicine at Heidelberg and Munich, he returned to Romania in 1831 and became active as a scholar, donor and educator. He wrote about twenty scientific works and knew nine languages. During his time at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was known as Pierre Baron, he lived modestly while continuing his research.

Among his best-known contributions was the first Bulgarian primer, the Fish Primer, published in Brașov in 1824. He also funded numerous Bulgarian schools and pursued studies at the Sorbonne.

In 1853, he wrote a study of a wireless maritime telegraph. He died on his estate near Craiova, Romania, in 1871. His will provided for its sale to fund charitable and educational causes, including the Bulgarian Boys' Secondary School in Adrianople.