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Adolf Lukacs

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* Felsőolsva, 16 May 1848 – † Budapest, 20 May 1924 / lawyer, university professor ; ; He studied law at the Prešov Law Academy. Between 1875 and 1894 he was a professor at the Law Academy in Pécs, between 1894 and 1919 he was a public full professor of criminal law at the Univer... Read More

Antal Gyurky

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* Felsőszelény, March 12, 1817 – † Dorog, July 31, 1890 / winemaker, local historian and writer ; ; His father was the chief prosecutor of Hont County for a long time, and his mother, Anna Sztregovai Madách, was the sister of Imre Madách's father. Antal Gyürky completed his schoo... Read More

Michael Resely

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* Felsőszeli, September 8, 1813 – † Somorja, July 4, 1892 / Roman Catholic priest, botanist ; ; He studied theology and philosophy in Nagyszombat, and was ordained a priest in 1836. He was a chaplain in several places (Vajkmártonfalva, Dunaszerdahely), and from 1842 until his dea... Read More

Ivanka Imre

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* Felsőszemeréd, December 9, 1818 – † Máriabesnyő, July 27, 1896 / colonel, historian, politician; ; He studied in Sopron and then at the Tull Military Academy (his fellow students were Artúr Görgei and Lajos Kazinczy). He then served in Germany and the Czech Republic. In May 184... Read More

Albert Breuer

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* Gölnicbánya, December 3, 1870 – † Budapest, August 11, 1930 / veterinarian, hygienist ; ; In 1895, he obtained his veterinary doctorate from the Veterinary Academy in Budapest. From 1895, he worked at the Academy's Pathological Institute and then at the Public Slaughterhouse. I... Read More

Elemér Pongracz

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* Felsőtúr, November 8, 1862 – † Budapest, February 18, 1944 / writer, museum director, local historian ; ; His father was General István Pongrácz, his uncle was Lieutenant Lajos Pongrácz. He completed his secondary school studies in Nagyszombat and Váco. Between 1881 and 1885 he... Read More

Ferenc Vályi Nagy

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* Felsővály, 30 September 1765 – † Sárospatak ?, 15 January 1820 / Reformed priest, college teacher ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Sárospatak and Miskolc. In 1783–1793 he taught in Miskolc, then studied theology, philosophy, natural science and ancient literatur... Read More

Joseph Ernyey

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* Upper Vestny, April 24, 1869 – † Budapest, October 1, 1945 / ethnographer, university professor, pharmaceutical writer, director general of the Museum of Natural History ; ; According to other sources, he was born in a forester's hut near Bélaudvarnok (Slovak name: Dvorníky nad... Read More

Laszlo Baross

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* Felsőzsember, October 16, 1865 – † Bánkútpuszta, June 3, 1938 / plant breeder, agricultural specialist ; ; He completed his elementary school in Körmöcbánya and his secondary school studies at the Nagyszombat High School. In 1884, he enrolled at the Royal Hungarian Academy of A... Read More

Daniel Jakobovits

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* Fenyőháza, September 9, 1879 – † Budapest, November 21, 1942 / electrical engineer, editor-in-chief ; ; He obtained his mechanical engineering degree in 1901 from the Budapest University of Technology. He began his professional career at the Ganz Electricity Co. Ltd. and, as an... Read More