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Tamas Tarnoczy

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* Hőlak, January 15, 1915 – † Budapest, September 14, 2007 / physicist, acoustician ; ; After World War I, he moved to Budapest with his parents, where he completed his secondary school studies in 1933 and obtained a teaching certificate in mathematics and physics at the Universi... Read More

Ernő Bethlenfalvy

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* Késmárk, February 21, 1880 – † Hunfalva, June 18, 1955 / economist, nature diver, professional writer ; ; Although he was born in Késmárk, he spent a significant part of his life in Hunfalva, where he had estates (they were “nationalized” in 1945 due to his Hungarian origin). H... Read More

John Milleter (Maleter)

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* Igló, 1691 – † Levoča, 7 March 1755 / doctor of medicine, chief physician of the county ; ; From 1714 he studied medicine for a while at the University of Jena, then went to Leiden, where he furnished the natural history collection purchased by the Russian Tsar Peter I (the Gre... Read More

Andras Czirbesz

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* Szepesváralja, 11 September 1732 – Igló, 12 January 1813  Lutheran pastor, ; city senator, mineralogist, historian ; ; Although he was born in nearby Szepesváralja, he was a Lutheran pastor in Igló from the age of 25 (from 1757), and later, from 1791, a senator of the 13 towns ... Read More

Charles George Rumy

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* Igló, November 18, 1780 – † Esztergom, April 5, 1847 / law teacher, evangelical pastor, literary historian, agronomist ; ; His father, János György Rumy, was a well-known merchant from Igló. Between 1794 and 1799, he studied at the Evangelical Lyceum in Késmárk, where he taught... Read More

Samuel Lanyi

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* Igló, April 15, 1792 – † Kékkő, March 9, 1860 / hydraulic engineer, painter ; ; He obtained an engineering degree from the Institutum Geometricum engineering university in Pest in 1823. He immediately became involved in the survey of Hungarian rivers. Initially, he worked along... Read More

Charles Frommhold

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* Igló, 1810. November 9. – † Budapest, 1876. January 9. / doctor, pioneer of electrotherapy ; ; ; He obtained his medical degree from the University of Pest in 1836. In addition to his medical practice, he was also active in the reform era. He was the initiator of electrotherapy... Read More

Spring (Lajos Teichengraber)

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* Igló, 2 August 1814 – † Igló, 28 January 1877 / pedagogical writer, military officer. ; ; He was a descendant of an Evangelical bourgeois family of zip-maker origin. He completed his lower schools in his hometown, Losonc and Sárospatak. In 1831–1836, he studied theology and phi... Read More

Tivadar Posewitz

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* Igló, December 2, 1851 – † Budapest, June 12, 1917 / geologist, doctor ; ; He obtained a medical degree from the University of Budapest in 1874. He then studied geology for 3 years at the Freiberg Mining Academy. In 1879, he traveled to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) as a mi... Read More

Aladar Scherffel

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* Igló, February 18, 1865 – † Tihany, June 1, 1939 / microbiologist, algologist, botanist ; ; Son of pharmacist and algologist Vilmos Aurél Scherffel (Felka). He studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Budapest from 1883 to 1885, obtaining his doctorate in 1888, w... Read More