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Joseph Paszlavszky

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* Deregnyő, February 2, 1846 – † Budapest, November 21, 1919 / zoologist, teacher, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his high school studies in Sátoraljaújhely, Ungvárot and Košice, then studied as a priest's student at the Košice theology... Read More

Janos Pettko

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* Drétoma, November 11, 1812 – † Bratislava, October 20, 1890 / geologist, imperial and royal mining advisor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father, Dániel Pettkó, was a landowner and county judge. He studied at the Lutheran high school in Győr ... Read More

Tivadar Duka

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* Dukafalva, 22 June 1825 – † Bournemouth, 5 May 1908 / physician, army captain, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Sárospatak and Eperjes, and studied law at the University of Pest. In 1846 he passed the bar exam... Read More

Petrovic Elek

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* Deregnyő, August 10, 1873 – † Budapest, July 20, 1945 / art historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He studied law at the University of Budapest, where he obtained a degree in political science in 1896. Between 1896 and 1914 he worked in various positions in ... Read More

Lajos Pásztorniczky

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* Deregnyő, March 24, 1925 – † Budapest, May 17, 1981 / electrical engineer, associate professor ; ; He completed his studies at the weak-current department of the Budapest University of Technology (1945-1950). He obtained a degree in electrical engineering (1950). In 1950–1953, ... Read More

Laszlo Koncsol

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* Deregnyő, June 1, 1936 – / literary critic, poet, local historian, cultural historian ; ; His father was a pastor. He began his secondary school studies in Sárospatak, then graduated in Komárom in 1954. He obtained a teaching certificate in Hungarian-Slovak at the Comenius Univ... Read More

Laszlo Varga, D.

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* Deregnyő, May 17, 1946 – / teacher, local historian, ethnographic writer ; ; He graduated from high school in Nagykapos in 1964 and obtained a teacher's diploma from the Pedagogical College in Prešov in 1982. From 1973 to 1988 he was a teacher at the Energetic Secondary School ... Read More

Gusztav Liszkay

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* Derencsény, August 2, 1843 – † Selmecbánya, June 3, 1889 / mining engineer, professional writer ; ; He obtained a diploma from the Selmecbánya Forestry and Mining Engineering Academy in 1866. After that, he worked in the ironworks in Gerlistyén in the Banat for five years, and ... Read More

Peter Sajó

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* Érsekújvár, May 1, 1941 – † Budapest, July 27, 1992 / engineer, amateur astronomer ; ; He obtained a mechanical engineering degree in Budapest. Between 1977 and 1986, he was the technical director of the Budapest Planetarium. He primarily excelled in the design and construction... Read More

Aladar Buzagh

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* Derencsény, July 6, 1895 – † Budapest, January 20, 1962 / colloid chemist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; ; In 1918 he obtained a degree in chemical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology, and in 1921 a doctorate in humanities... Read More