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King Louis

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* Selmecbánya, April 14, 1894 – † Miskolc, May 21, 1970 / forestry engineer ; ; He was a forestry student at the Selmecbánya Mining and Forestry College. He was a soldier until the end of World War I, and earned a forestry engineering degree in Sopron (1921). Engineer at the Szil... Read More

Jenő Faller

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* Selmecbánya, September 25, 1894 – † Sopron, December 23, 1966 / mining engineer, museum director ; ; son of Károly Faller. He received his diploma from the Mining and Forestry College in Selmecbánya. From 1919 he worked at the Hungarian General Coal Mine Co. Ltd. in Tatabánya, ... Read More

Alexander Vitalis

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* Selmecbánya, April 13, 1900 – † Budapest, June 21, 1976 / geologist, university professor, Kossuth Prize winner (1951) ; ; Son of István Vitalis. He enrolled at the Budapest University of Science and Technology in 1917. In 1922 he received a diploma in natural history and geogr... Read More

Ferenc Ronkay

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* Selmecbánya, March 26, 1912 – † Budapest, May 6, 1979 / mechanical engineer, ; university professor ; ; He obtained his degree from the Budapest University of Technology in 1935. Working for the capital's Electric Works, he was active in all essential phases of electricity prod... Read More

Zsigmond Erdélyszky

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* Selmecbánya, July 23, 1913 – † Budapest, December 22, 1986 / meteorologist ; ; He graduated from the Budapest Evangelical High School, then obtained a mathematics and physics teacher's diploma from the Budapest University of Science and Technology. He was employed at the Flying... Read More

Basket Domokos

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* Selmecbánya, July 31, 1913 – † Budapest, November 15, 2007 / historian, university professor, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His mother was the well-known writer of the time, Kosáryné Lola Réz. After the change of empire in 1918, he moved to Hungary with his... Read More

Martin Klasz

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* Stomfa, 30 October 1819 – † Budapest, 16 March 1881 / hydraulic engineer, royal councillor ; ; One of the managers of the river regulation and canal construction in Hungary that began in the middle of the 19th century. He first worked at the Tisza regulation, then was the head ... Read More

Joseph Szabo, S.

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* Serke, 15 August 1862 – † Cegléd, 19 October 1944 / teacher, literary historian ; ; He began his school studies in his native village, then continued in Rimaszombat, and studied theology in Sárospatak. In 1889, he earned a teaching certificate at the University of Budapest. He ... Read More

Sandor Ensel Reso

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* Magyarsók, October 25, 1787 – † Pest, May 29, 1860 / lawyer, bar judge, specialist writer, linguist ; ; He began his secondary education in Komárom, continued in Losonc, Bratislava and graduated from the ref. college in Debrecen. He completed three years of theology, finally ch... Read More

Charles Kunszt

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* Bonyhád, October 1, 1859 – † Pozsonyligetfalu, March 24, 1939 / ornithologist, Somorja cantor teacher ; ; He lost his mother when he was two years old. He began his studies at the elementary school of his native village, and then attended the local gymnasium for four years. Sin... Read More