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Kalman Tihanyi

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* Uzbek, April 28, 1897 – † Budapest, February 26, 1947 / physicist, inventor ; ; He completed his professional studies in Bratislava at the electrotechnical secondary school and in Budapest. He submitted his first two patent applications in 1913 and 1914, and was granted a paten... Read More

Wittmann Lazar

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* Vágapáti, November 1846 – † Budapest, September 19, 1887 / private university teacher in pediatrics ; ; He completed his medical studies at the University of Pest, obtaining a diploma in 1870. He then deepened his knowledge in the field of pediatrics abroad. Upon returning home... Read More

Mihaly Alajos Trnka

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* Vágdebrőd, July 19, 1744. 198 – † Pest, December 8, 1821. / Jesuit monk, university professor ; ; He entered the Jesuit order in Komárom in 1762. In 1765 he worked as a home tutor in Győr, in 1766 he taught grammar in Prešov. In 1767–1768 he studied philosophy at the Jesuit aca... Read More

Sandor Csizmadia, Somogyi

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* Vágfarkasd, 4 November 1772 – † after 1833 / lawyer, historical writer ; ; He also wrote his name as Somogyi Cs. Sándor. He was a Reformed Christian, but converted to the Catholic faith. He was the head of the economic office for the Baron Podmaniczky family. He published regul... Read More

Laszlo Dobossy, Csuczor

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* Vágfarkasd, August 9, 1910 – † Budapest, January 27, 1999 / literary historian, translator, lexicographer ; ; He graduated from the Érsekújvár Realgymnázium, then spent a year in Paris, at the Sorbonne University. Upon returning home, he studied French-Hungarian at the Charles ... Read More

Attila Meszaros

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* Vághosszúfalu, January 29, 1951 – / chemist, astrophysicist, astronomer, associate professor ; ; He completed his school studies in his native village and at the Galanta gymnasium, where he graduated in 1969. In 1969–1974 he studied chemistry at the Charles University in Prague... Read More

Charles Toth

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* Vágsellye, February 27, 1959 – † September 10, 2016, Somorja / literary critic, institutional and scientific organizer, director of the Forum Institute in Somorja ; ; He spent his childhood in the village of Vághosszúfalu. He began his schooling here, completed his upper second... Read More

Janics Kalman

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* Vágkirályfa, December 29, 1912 – † Vágkirályfa, August 20, 2003 / physician, historian, politician ; ; He graduated from the Hungarian Gymnasium in Bratislava in 1931, and in 1937 he obtained a diploma from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bratislava. Between 1937 a... Read More

Imre Szorenyi

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* Vágmedence, May 12, 1905 – † Budapest, January 17, 1959 / biochemist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his studies at the University of Budapest. While still a university student, he carried out scientific work in the department of Pál Hári, and his ... Read More

John Feketeházy

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* Vágsellye, May 16, 1842 – † Vágsellye, October 31, 1927 / bridge construction engineer ; ; His ancestors came here from Bohemia, his father, a cantor teacher, was originally called Domonkos Černohaus, who Hungarianized his name to Feketeházy. His mother was Anna Fekete. He bega... Read More