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Michael Greisiger

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* Tátraalja, December 25, 1851 – † Szepesbéla, September 10, 1912 / physician, naturalist, amateur entomologist ; ; He began his schooling in his native village, graduating from the Keszmárk gymnasium in 1872. After that, he first enrolled at the University of Vienna, where he st... Read More

István Győrffy

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* Hidasnémeti, December 19, 1880 – † Székesfehérvár, April 16, 1959 / botanist, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1940) ; ; He completed his university studies in Cluj-Napoca. He was also a teaching assistant for a few years. It was ... Read More

Greisiger Irma Julianna, Mrs. István Győrffy

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* Szepesbéla, January 16, 1882 – † Gyöngyös, June 29, 1947 / botanist, high school teacher ; ; In her publications she is listed as Irma Győrffy-Greisiger. She is the daughter of Mihály Greisiger, a doctor, and the wife of István Győrffy, a professor of botany. She began her scho... Read More

Gyorffy Brown

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* Szepesbéla, July 18, 1911 – † Budapest, August 5, 1970 / botanist, plant geneticist, plant biochemist, university professor, posthumous corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; son of István Győrffy and Irma Julianna Győrffyné Greisiger. He graduated from t... Read More

Ferenc Andras Hutÿra

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* Szepeshely–Zsibra, September 6, 1860 – † Budapest, December 21, 1934 / veterinarian, physician, pathologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1921) ; ; He actually spent his childhood in Szepesváraljá, and later returned there during the summer holidays. He complete... Read More

Paul Vasarhelyi

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* Szepesolaszi, March 25, 1795 – † Buda, April 8, 1846 / hydraulic engineer, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1838) ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Miskolc and Prešov. He received his diploma in 1816 at the Engineering Institute of the University of P... Read More

Karl Kalchbrenner

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* Petőfalva/Pöttelsdorf, 5 May 1807 – † Szepesolaszi, 5 June 1886 / Lutheran pastor, mycologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1872) ; ; He began his school studies in Ágfalva, continued at the gymnasium in Győr, then at the lyceum in Sopron, and at the Piarist gym... Read More

Joseph Jablonowski

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* Szepesolaszi, February 16, 1863 – † Budapest, July 6, 1943 / entomologist ; ; He graduated from high school in Levoča. He studied law in Sárospatak and Budapest, and natural history at the University of Budapest. He worked as a teacher for a while and during this time he began ... Read More

Jenő Forster

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* Szepesolaszi, December 30, 1879 – † Budapest, September 22, 1922 / historian, archivist ; ; As a member of the Eötvös College, he studied at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest, then in Berlin and Paris. He then served as the archivist of Szepes County in Le... Read More

Viola Magda Szapu

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* Szímő, July 29, 1951 – / ethnographer ; ; He began his schooling in his native village, graduating from the Nagysurány Vocational School in 1970. He earned a diploma in ethnography and history from the ELTE BTK in Budapest in 1978, a doctorate there in 1990, and a PhD in 2001. ... Read More