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Laszlo Korossy

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* Hernádzsadány, August 21, 1912 – † Budapest, February 16, 2002 / geologist, geophysicist ; ; He obtained his degree in geology from the University of Budapest in 1927. In 1940, he wrote a study on the geological conditions of his native village and its surroundings entitled Geo... Read More

Lajos Tarczy

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* Hetény, December 6, 1807 – † Vienna, March 20, 1881 / philosopher, natural scientist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his elementary school studies in his native village under the guidance of pastor Péter Kovács, and attended high school in Komárom.... Read More

Alexander Varga

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* Hetény, November 6, 1942 – archivist, historian ; ; He completed his primary school education in his native village (1955), and graduated from the gymnasium in Komárom (1959). From 1959, he studied first at the Pedagogical College in Nitra, then at the Comenius University in Br... Read More

Bertalan Lanyi

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* Hibbe, March 21, 1851 – † Budapest, February 15, 1921 / jurist, politician, newspaper founder ; ; He completed his school studies in Liptóújvár, Késmárk, Miskolc, Igló and Eperjes. He passed the bar exam in 1873, and worked as a court judge in Rimaszombat between 1884 and 1889.... Read More

Charles Antalik

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* Hidegpatak, January 28, 1843 – † Bratislava, June 20, 1905 / physicist, secondary school teacher ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Levoča, Igló and Nagyvárad. He obtained a mathematics-physics and gymnasium teacher's qualification at the University of Budapest in... Read More

John Korponay

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* Male, 16 May 1819 – † Košice, 15 January 1881 / army colonel, military science writer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father was an officer in the imperial army. Korponay graduated from the Košice gymnasium and spent a year at the Košice Acade... Read More

Jenő Sobo (Staudner)

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* Hodrusbánya, March 15, 1853 – † Sopron, October 31, 1920 / ironworks engineer, academy teacher ; ; He obtained his engineering degree in 1877 from the Selmecbánya Mining and Forestry Academy. He worked for years at various state-owned ironworks (Kisgaram, Zólyombrézó). From 189... Read More

Ignac Boldis

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* Hodrusbánya, December 31, 1856 – † Turócszentmárton, May 9, 1912 / teacher, local historian, flora researcher, composer. ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Selmecbánya, and his teacher training in Léva. He obtained his teaching certificate from the University of B... Read More

Arthur Vajk

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* Hodrusbánya, March 20, 1893 – † Budapest, March 17, 1966 / mining engineer, professional writer ; ; He began his studies at the Mining and Forestry Academy in Selmecbánya, and finally completed them in Sopron in 1919 after World War I. From 1920, he was the plant manager of the... Read More

Frigyes Christian Petrovics

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* Holics, October 7, 1799 – † Munich, April 12, 1836 / historian, lawyer, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (from 1830) ; ; He studied philosophy and theology in Bratislava and became a Lutheran pastor in Holics in 1820. But a year later, in 1821, he resigned from his o... Read More