Samuel Timon Schmerrhoffi és Szedlicsnai

1675 July 20: Born in Tirnau (Trencsianska Turna)
1683-1691: Studies at the Jesuit gymnasium in Trencsen (Trenčín).
October 18, 1693: He enters the Jesuit order.
1693-1712: He is a novice in Vienna. He taught for a year in Skalice, then he completed his studies in Judenburg and Buda.
1712 – 1720: Professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Trnava
From 1721: Professor of philosophy and theology, rector at the University of Košice.
1736, April 7: Death in Cassovia (Kosice)

He is the author of numerous books on the history of the Slovak and Hungarian people and is considered a founder of modern historiography.

Publications:
Celebriorum Hungariae Urbium et Oppidorum Chorographia (1702)
Corona Regni Hungariae Admirabilis (1712)
Purpura Pannonica (1715)
Gestas Hunnicae Gentis (1733)
Imago Antiquae Hungariae" (1734)
Imago Novae Hungariae (1734)
Epitome Rerum Hungaricum (1736)

On December 31st 1694, the nobility of the Timon brothers Joannes (Janos), Stephanus (Istvan) and Samuel was announced by Leopold I von Habsburg (holy roman emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia) and the certificate of nobility was issued by the county of Trencsen (Trencin) on April 14, 1695. However, it seems that this nobility letter was the renewal of a previous one. Indeed, the name of Timon already appears in the nobility census in 1594. The nobility name, which was published in the charter of 1695 was "Schmellchoffi", which became later "Schmerhoffi" or "Schmarhoffi" (Typo error ?). This name was not used by the Timon living in Trencsen county, they rather used the suffix "Szedlicsnai" (referring to the village of Szedlicsna or Szedlitsna) where the family was established. Later, the Timon family, which was established in Eger (Heves County, Hungary), used the name "Schmerrhoffi és Szedlicsnai".
The noble coat of arms is a unicorn rising from a golden crown in a blue shield.