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John Bokay

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* Igló, 18 May 1822 – † Budapest, 20 October 1884 / physician, surgeon, ophthalmologist, pediatrician, university professor ; ; The family was originally called Bock, and János Bókay Hungarianized the name in 1849 – at the encouragement of Mór Jókai. He began his secondary school... Read More

Paul Sporzon

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* Galgóc, January 12, 1831 – † Magyaróvár, March 27, 1917 / agricultural writer ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Nagyszombat and Bratislava, then he was a student at the Bratislava Law Academy, after which he studied law and humanities in Vienna. In 1854–1856 he g... Read More

Laszlo Telegdy-Kováts

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* Galgóc, December 5, 1902 – † Budapest, May 11, 1987 / chemical engineer, university professor ; ; He graduated from the Nitra gymnasium in 1919. He obtained an engineering degree from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology in 1925. Sigmond ... Read More

Andras Fay

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* Kohanóc, 30 May 1786 – † Pest, 26 July 1864 / writer, lawyer, economist, politician ; ; Some sources mistakenly list Felsőkohány, formerly also known as Kohanócz, as his birthplace, which is located near Homonna. He spent his childhood in Gombá, Pest County, and on his maternal... Read More

Denis (German) Lajos

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* Garamdamásd, January 15, 1879 – † Budapest, August 20, 1942 / teacher, aesthete ; ; He came from a Jewish family, he had his original surname Magyarized in 1899. At the end of 1918, the Károlyi government appointed him as the director general of the Budapest school district, fo... Read More

John Molnar

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* Garammikola, January 16, 1938 – † November 27, 2020 / Reformed pastor, historian of religion, university professor ; ; János Molnár was born on January 16, 1938 in Garammikola. He studied theology at the Comenius Evangelical Theological Faculty in Prague (now the Evangelical Th... Read More

Ignatius Havas

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* Garamolaszka, 7 July 1803 – † Budapest, 2 November 1887 / physician, royal councilor ; ; In 1828 he obtained his medical degree from the University of Pest. He then settled in Tolna County: he became the director of the Szekszárd hospital. He lived in Pest from the 1840s and wa... Read More

Oscar Paulinyi

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* Garamszeg, December 28, 1899 – † Budapest, May 1, 1982 / historian, archivist ; ; As a member of the Eötvös College, he graduated from the Budapest University of Science and Technology with a degree in history and Latin, and received his doctorate in Hungarian cultural history ... Read More

John Maczak

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* Garamszentgyörgy, June 22, 1924 – † Budapest, May 19, 1972 / horticultural engineer ; ; He graduated from the Léva Gymnasium and obtained his horticultural engineering diploma in 1952 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Budapest. From 1952 until his death, he worked f... Read More

Endre Sebestyen Kovacs

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* Garamvezekény, September 27, 1814 – † Budapest, May 17, 1878 / physician, surgeon, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1858) ; ; The history of Hungarian culture and science records three Endres Kovács Sebestyén. His son, Endre Kovács Sebestyén Jr. (1854–... Read More