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Joseph Tmak

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* Turdossin, February 19, 1852 – † ?, after 1892 / botanist, teacher ; ; He graduated from the high school in Banat and obtained a teaching certificate in chemistry and natural history at the University of Cluj. Between 1879 and 1891 he taught mathematics, natural history, geogra... Read More

Zsigmond Rona

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* Turdossin, December 13, 1860 – † Budapest, October 22, 1941 / meteorologist ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown, graduating from the gymnasium in Körmöcbánya. From 1877 he was a student at the Budapest Technical University, and in 1883 he obtained a teaching certifi... Read More

Gabor Paul Kovats-Martiny

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* Turopolya, March 4, 1782 – † Bratislava, July 13/19, 1845 / naturalist, physicist, lyceum teacher ; ; His father was an evangelical minister and from 1783 he served in Modor. His son began his studies here, then in 1793–1795 he attended school in Győr, where he also learned the... Read More

John Karlovszky

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* Turócbierz, 20 February 1721 – † Prešov, 20 October 1794 / philosopher, lyceum teacher ; ; He was a teacher at the Bratislava gymnasium, then the rector of the Keszmárk lyceum, and finally the director of the Prešov evangelical college. The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced... Read More

Michael Derer

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* Turócliget, January 18, 1847 – † Budapest, October 22, 1915 / smelter engineer, academic teacher ; ; He obtained a smelter engineer's diploma from the Mining and Forestry Academy in Selmecbánya. From 1871 he was an apprentice in Zólyombrezó, from 1872 he taught at the Selmec ac... Read More

Pastor Miksa

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* Turócszentmárton, April 24, 1870 – † Budapest, November 11, 1944 / financial expert ; ; He participated in the founding of several industrial companies. He participated in the liquidation of the Budapest Bank Association. When the Financial Institution Center was established in... Read More

Aldobolyi Nagy Miklos

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* Turócszentmárton, November 28, 1911 – † Szeged, April 4, 1973 / geographer, hydrogeologist, college professor ; ; He earned a teaching certificate in geography and chemistry at the Budapest University of Science and Technology, and a doctorate at the Technical University (1936)... Read More

Joseph Podhradczky

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* Udvard, 18 January 1795 – † Buda, 14 August 1870 / chamber accountant, historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1858) ; ; He completed his high school studies in Nitra, Nagyszombat and Buda. He studied philosophy in Nagyszombat, and in 1813 he was admitted to the... Read More

Ferenc Boncz

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* Udvard, December 2, 1829 – † Udvard, April 2, 1901 / lawyer, professional writer ; ; He graduated from the Komárom gymnasium. He studied theology in Bratislava and Nagyszombat. He participated in the War of Independence, serving as a lieutenant of the . battalion in the Komárom... Read More

Divine Charles

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* Udvard, 19 June 1880 – † Budapest, 18 November 1961 / special education teacher ; ; From 1904 he was a teacher at the Budapest Institute for the Deaf, then its director between 1911 and 1942. In 1918–1925 he was also the head of the “State Course for the Correction of Speech Di... Read More