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George Handerla

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* Nagyszombat, around 1750 – † Galgóc, May 9, 1796 / parish priest, beekeeping specialist ; ; He completed his studies in Nagyszombat. In September 1776 he became a parish priest in Hrachovisté in Carniola (now Slovenia), from where he moved first to Udvarnok and then to Galgóc i... Read More

Alexander Strba

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* Érsekújvár, October 18, 1946 – / local historian, secondary school teacher ; ; He completed his primary and secondary school education in his hometown (graduated in 1964), obtained a primary school teaching certificate in Hungarian-German at the Pedagogical College in Nyitra in... Read More

Peter Tirinda

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* Érsekújvár, July 26, 1948 – / mechanical engineer, scientific researcher ; ; He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Vocational High School in Komárom in 1967, and in 1972 he obtained an engineering diploma from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak Technical... Read More

Gaal Ida

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* Érsekújvár, November 10, 1948 – / art historian, ethnographer, museologist ; ; Graduated from a textile vocational school in Liptószentmiklós. He studied ethnography and art history at the Masaryk University in Brno (formerly Purkyně University), obtaining his diploma in 1974. ... Read More

Georch Elijah

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Etrekarcsa, September 28, 1772 – † Pest, July 31, 1835 / lawyer, historian, legal writer, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Bratislava, and his theological studies in Esztergom in 1790–1792. He studied law in Bra... Read More

John Sebor

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* Facskó, December 27, 1890 – † Sopron, February 26, 1965 / forestry engineer, university professor ; ; His father was a chief forester. He completed his elementary school studies in Barka, Gömör County, and his secondary school studies at the Zenta High School in 1909. He obtain... Read More

Ferenc to Arms

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* Fegyvernek, ? – † Ipolyság, between April 10 and November 15, 1535 / provost ; ; He was probably born in Fegyvernek, but the date is unknown. He was a scion of a noble family from Hont County, and was provost in Ipolyság between 1506 and 1535, and from 1510 he was also the insp... Read More

John Csaplovics

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* Fehérkút, September 21, 1780 – † Vienna, May 29, 1847 / lawyer, estate manager, cultural historian ; ; He was an intellectual of Slovak origin, but who wrote mostly in Latin, German and Hungarian. After completing his school studies, he became a law trainee in Banská Bystrica i... Read More

Lajos Podhorszky

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* Feketelehota, 1815 – † Paris, August 26, 1891 / linguist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father was a Lutheran minister, he first taught his son Latin, Greek and Hebrew, as well as music. He attended school in Sajógömör, Lőcse and Késmárk, dur... Read More

Andor Machnyik

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* Vinna, August 19, 1888 – † Fél, April 29, 1955 / agricultural engineer, economic writer ; ; He came from the Szepesség region and completed his university studies partly in Germany. Between 1921 and 1937 he taught at the Hungarian Agricultural Vocational School in Komárom and t... Read More