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Kornél Gollner

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* Breznóbánya, May 9, 1867 –  † Budapest, June 12, 1934 / pharmacist, chemist ; ; He obtained his pharmacy degree from the University of Budapest in 1888. He worked in Bánya Beszterce for a few years, and later, between 1890 and 1900, he worked at the Hell pharmaceutical factory ... Read More

Isaac Czaban, Zabanius

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* Brogyán, July 5, 1632 – † Nagyszeben, March 18, 1707 / philosopher, theologian, atomist philosophical writer ; ; He began his studies in Sopron, then in 1659-1660 he studied in Wittenberg as a student of János Bayer, who was teaching there at the time. In 1661 he became deputy ... Read More

Gregory Friesenhof

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* Saint Petersburg, January 19, 1840 – † Ószéplak, July 17, 1913 / landowner, meteorologist ; ; His father, Baron Gusztáv Friesenhof, was an Austrian diplomat who had been a landowner in Brogyán since the 1840s. His son spent his childhood here. He studied law at the University o... Read More

Laszlo Udranszky

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* Budatin, October 12, 1862 – † Budapest, March 21, 1914 / physician, physiologist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He obtained his medical degree from the University of Budapest in 1883. In 1883–1886 he worked as an intern at one of the inte... Read More

Ottmar Gergelyi

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* Busóc, September 28, 1919 – † Nitra, March 13, 1995 / archivist, local historian ; ; He completed his elementary school and high school studies in Késmárk, and finally finished them in Bratislava, where they moved after his father's death (1938). He studied history and German a... Read More

Endre Gurdélyi

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* Buzita, 30 November 1816 – † Košice, 28 February 1901 / doctor of medicine ; ; He obtained his doctorate in medicine from the University of Pest in 1845. At first he was a military doctor, then from 1860 he worked as a doctor in Nagyida and Abaújszántó, later he was a district ... Read More

Mahler Ede

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* Cífer, September 28, 1857 – † Újpest, June 29, 1945 / orientalist, astronomer, naturalist, archaeologist, Egyptologist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father, Mahler Salamon (1823–1895), was a rabbi in Cífer. His older brother, Miksa, was a hi... Read More

Dezso Kanizsai

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* Cífer, 27 January 1886 – † Budapest, 26 November 1981/ special education teacher, psychologist ; ; In 1911 he obtained a special education teacher's certificate in Budapest. But before that, he taught at the Israeli Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, which was relocated in 1907 a... Read More

Cherven Floris

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* Chizne, February 3, 1840 – † Budapest, February 21, 1928 / historian, geographical writer, director general ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Banská Bystrica and Ungvár. He studied linguistics and history at the University of Vienna from 1858 to 1861. In 1864, he... Read More

Szeder Fabian Janos

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* Csáb, June 24, 1784 – † Komáromfüss, December 13, 1859 / Benedictine priest and teacher, linguist, ethnographic collector ; ; He began his school studies in his native village, then continued in Komárom. In 1797–1799 he studied oratory and poetry in Esztergom, and in 1800–1802 ... Read More