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Kornél Divald

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* Eperjes, 21 May 1872 – † Budapest, 24 March 1931 / art historian, museologist, art critic, photographer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Károly Divald (1830–1897) was the son of a pharmacist and photographer (Selmecbánya). He was fond of photograph... Read More

Nicholas Dubay

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* Prešov, December 10, 1844 – † Budapest, July 1899 / doctor of medicine, specialist in metallotherapy ; ; His father, György Dubay, was an Evangelical pastor. He began his schooling in Košice, but lost his father early, so he was sent to the orphanage in Uzhhorod. He finished hi... Read More

Gyula Elischer

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* Prešov, 15 October 1846 – † Budapest, 28 September 1909 / gynecologist, art collector ; ; The Elischer family settled in the Szépesség in the 13th century. They were originally called Oelloescher, which means oil extinguisher – they were experts in the production of the oil mix... Read More

John Csontosi

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* Prešov, 26 October 1846 – † Budapest, 25 October 1918 / librarian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Between 1863 and 1867 he studied theology in Esztergom and Nagyszombat, and was ordained a priest in 1869. Between 1869 and 1871 he was a chaplain in Ipolynyék and... Read More

Nicholas Fischer

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* Prešov, December 18, 1855 – † Igló, September 24, 1930 / mathematics and physics teacher, High Tatras researcher; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown in 1875 and took the teaching exam in mathematics and physics at the University of Budapest in 1879. Between 1880 an... Read More

Gustav Oláh

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* Prešov, January 10, 1857 – † Budapest, January 31, 1944 / physician, psychiatrist ; ; He completed his medical studies in Vienna in 1880. From 1881 he worked at the Lipótmezei Mental Hospital, and from 1889 at the Angyalföld Mental Hospital. Between 1910 and 1925 he was the dir... Read More

Laszlo Fejerpataky

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* Prešov, 17 August 1857 – † Budapest, 6 March 1923 . / historian, librarian, archivist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; A scion of an old noble family, which had estates in several counties in the Upper Hungary (Gömör, Hont, Liptó, Nyitra). ... Read More

Augustine the Warrior

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* Prešov, December 29, 1859 – † Prešov, December 16, 1922 / physician, university private teacher ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Budapest in 1885. He became a university private teacher in the field of kidne... Read More

Vida Tivadar

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* Ipolyság, February 6, 1922 – † Budapest, October 13, 2012 / Roman Catholic. parish priest, medical historian ; ; When he was three years old, his family moved from Ipolyság to Bratislava, his younger brother Zoltán, who later became a prominent sculptor and church artist himsel... Read More

John Mor Revay

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* Prešov, 24 February 1860 – † Budapest, 7 July 1926 / book publisher, lexicon editor ; ; Révai Sámuel (Sebeskellemes, 13 April 1833 – Budapest, 13 November 1908) was a bookseller and publisher, the son of one of the founders of the Révai Brothers Literary Institute. He became in... Read More