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Arthur Mauer

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* Szepesremete, June 1844? – † Rozsnyó, October 22, 1907 / physician, travel writer, editor ; ; He began his high school studies in Prešov and graduated from high school in Rozsnyó in 1862. He earned a doctorate in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Budape... Read More

Janos Dercsényi, Weiss

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* Szepesszombat, May 16, 1755.177 – † Munkács, June 30, 1837. / physician, entrepreneur, winemaker, county judge ; ; His father, János Weiss, was a Lutheran minister in his hometown. The family was granted nobility by Leopold I in 1687. Dercsényi began his school education in Lev... Read More

Tibor Szekely, Shekelj

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* Székesfehérvár, February 14, 1912 – † Subotica, September 20, 1988 / geographical traveler, Esperantist, writer ; ; His father was a veterinarian and therefore moved frequently with his family. When he started school, he lived with his parents in Nagykikinda, Vojvodina. However... Read More

Csirbesz Jonas Andras

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* Szepesváralja, November 11, 1732 – † Igló, January 11, 1813 / Lutheran pastor, poet, naturalist, geographer, flora researcher ; ; He completed his school studies in Dobsina, Levoca, and between 1749 and 1752 in Bratislava, where he was also taught by János Tomka-Szászky (Folkus... Read More

Tivadar Kezmarszky

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* Szepesváralja, May 2, 1842 – † Budapest, May 18, 1902 / obstetrician, university professor ; ; He completed his secondary schooling in Levoča and Košice. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Pest in 1865. After a short domestic hospital internship, he spent two y... Read More

Ignatius Born, knight

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* Gyulafehérvár, December 26, 1742 – † Vienna, July 24, 1791 / mineralogist, geologist, political writer, court councilor ; ; He completed his school studies in Sibiu, and then in Vienna from 1755. In 1759 he joined the Society of Jesus, but left after a year and studied law in P... Read More

Alexander Painter

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* Szepesváralja, November 21, 1883 – † Budapest, December 30, 1944 / philologist, literary historian, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1938) ; ; Graduated from Igló. He completed his university studies in Budapest as a member of the... Read More

Martin Szepsi Csombor

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* Szepsi, 1595 – † Varannó, 1623 c. / traveler, travel writer, Reformed preacher, teacher ; ; He completed his schooling in Késmárk. In 1611 he traveled to Transylvania, studied in Nagybánya for two years, and from 1613 he was a teacher in Telkibánya. Between 1616 and 1619 he tra... Read More

Ignac Poroszkay

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* Szilas, 1819 – † Nagybecskerek, 9 November 1869 / engineer ; ; He completed his studies at the Pest Engineering Institute in 1840, then became a chamber engineer in Bács County. Later he was the engineer of Pest County, and later the chief engineer of Pest and Tolna Counties. H... Read More

Laszlo Banesz

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* Szilice, January 22, 1932 – † Nitra, January 11, 2000 / archaeologist ; ; He lost his father when he was 11 months old, and moved to Rožňava with his widowed mother, where he completed his elementary and secondary education. He graduated in 1951, then studied archaeology at the... Read More