Which Slovak scientist and politician, born in Košariská, was an astronomer in Paris and a general in the French army?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Milan Rastislav Štefánik
- Step 1: Štefánik worked at the Meudon Observatory near Paris and made expeditions to Mont Blanc and Tahiti. Step 2. He became a French general and a co-founder of Czechoslovakia. Answer: Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Why not the others: Štúr was a linguist, Hlinka a priest, and Dubček a communist politician.
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