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George Gracza

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* Vehéc, September 12, 1856 – † Budapest, May 14, 1908 / writer, historian, editor ; ; He completed his lower schools in Sátoraljaújhely, Eger, Szatmár and Debrecen. He studied law at the University of Budapest. While still a university student, he wrote for the newspapers Család... Read More

Benyovszky Moric

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* Verbó, 20 September 1741200 – † Agoncy/Madagascar, 23 May 1786 / military officer, traveler, geographical explorer, memoirist, adventurer ; ; His father was Sámuel Benyovszky, cavalry general, his mother was Baroness Róza Révay. He was raised as a soldier, but in 1758 he left t... Read More

Mor Barta

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* Verbó, August 21, 1873 – † Budapest, 1953 / linguist, teacher ; ; He graduated from the Budapest rabbinical seminary and the university at the same time, and after receiving a doctorate in humanities and a secondary school teacher's certificate, he became a high school teacher ... Read More

Alexander Dillesz

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* Verebély, 1834 – † Nyitrazsámbokrét, 28 July 1907 / lawyer, archaeologist, museum founder ; ; His father, István Dillesz (Verebély, 1808 – Tild, 1881) was a postmaster in Verebély. He studied law at the University of Pest and became a lawyer. He was the chief civil servant of t... Read More

István Nécsey

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* Verebély, February 12, 1870 – † Munich, March 26, 1902 / painter, bird and butterfly illustrator, amateur entomologist ; ; His father, József Nécsey, was the postmaster of Verebély. He completed secondary school in Nyitra and Bratislava, graduating in 1887. He was attracted to ... Read More

Simonchich Ince János

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* Rovna, 13 May 1750 – † Máramarossziget, 20 April 1807 / Piarist teacher, numismatist ; ; He entered the order in Privigyé in 1766. He completed his studies in Nyitra and Vác, and then was a teacher in several gymnasiums of his order (Nyitra, Szentgyörgy, Nagykároly, Selmecbánya... Read More

Denes Mednyánszky, Baron

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* Veszele, November 19, 1830 – † Vienna, December 28, 1911 / geologist, politician, professional writer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; ; son of Alajos Mednyánszky (Révayfalva) and Count Ágnes Majláth. In 1845–1847, Arnold Ipolyi (Ipolykeszi) was his t... Read More

Peter Madacs, Madach

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* Veszverés, 28 February 1729 – † Rimaszombat, 20 November 1805 / doctor, specialist writer ; ; He came from a serf family, despite this his farmer father also knew Latin. He studied in Csetnek from 1742, in Késmárk from 1744, and in Lőcse from 1749. In 1750 he went to Debrecen, ... Read More

Henrik Hajnal, Streicher

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* Vicsápapáti, December 24, 1877 – † Budapest, March 24, 1961 / lawyer, attorney, professional writer ; ; He obtained a doctorate in law from the Budapest University of Science and Technology in 1900, passed the bar exam in 1906, and obtained a private tutor qualification in comm... Read More

Magda Radnót, Rottenstein

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* Vicsápapáti, September 17, 1911 – † Budapest, February 3, 1989 / physician, ophthalmologist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1976) ; ; He completed his studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pécs, where he graduated in 1935. H... Read More