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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

Gerley (Hardlicska) János

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* Holics, 1816 ? – † Bratislava, May 20, 1867 / physician, researcher of cretinism in Csallóköz ; ; Little is known about his life. He Hungarianized his original surname (Hardlicska) to Gerley in 1848. He obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Pest in 1841, his d... Read More

Augustine Trefort

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* Homonna, 6 February 1817 – † Budapest, 22 August 1888 / cultural politician, publicist, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His family was of Walloon origin, his grandfather, a military doctor, settled in Hungary. His father, Ignác Trefort (1770–1831), born in Pr... Read More

Moses Richtmann

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* Homonna, September 22, 1880 – † Budapest, August 20, 1972 / teacher, editor, Judaic researcher ; ; He studied at the rabbinical schools in Budapest and Boroszló, where his teachers were Ignác Goldziher and Vilmos Bacher. He was a religious teacher at the National Jewish Teacher... Read More

Baron Albert Nyáry

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* Hontbagonya, June 30, 1828 – † Budapest, January 1, 1886 / historian, archivist, heraldist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father, Antal Nyáry (1803–1877), was a lawyer, politician, and crown guard. Between 1844 and 1848, he studied history an... Read More

Jeno Nyary

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* Hontbagonya, February 20, 1836 – † Piliny, June 29, 1914 / paleontologist, speleologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; ; younger brother of Albert Nyáry. He studied philosophy and law in Pest. At the encouragement of his maternal uncle, Ferenc Kubinyi (Kóvár), he... Read More

L. Margit Erdélyi

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* Hontfüzesgyarmat, April 29, 1945 – / literary historian, specialist writer, extraordinary university professor ; ; He graduated from the Zselízi Gymnasium in 1962. Between 1962 and 1967 he studied Hungarian-Slovak at the Pedagogical College in Nitra, and in 1980 he obtained a s... Read More

Joseph Adolf Grego

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* Hontmarót, 29 January 1746 – † Kolozsvár, 15 April 1812 / Piarist mathematics teacher, astronomer ; ; Between 1764 and 1777 he taught rhetoric, poetry and philosophy in several renowned schools of the time (Nyitra, Szentgyörgy, Tata). Between 1778 and 1809 he lectured on mathem... Read More

Isaac Abrahamides

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* Horhát, between 1550 and 1560 – † Bajmóc, 1621 / Lutheran church writer, superintendent ; ; He completed his school studies in Zólyom, Selmecbánya, Besztercebánya and Bártfa, in the latter place he studied philosophy and theology for two years under the guidance of Tamás Fábri,... Read More

Szell Laszlo Mor

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* Igló, June 25, 1872 – † Debrecen, July 19, 1946 / agricultural chemist ; ; He earned a doctorate in chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Budapest. In 1898, he became a chemist at the Magyaróvár Chemical Experimental Station, then an assistant professor ... Read More