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Charles Tamassy

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* Jolsvatapolca, May 30, 1806 – † Debrecen, July 2, 1885 / pharmacist, pomologist, professional writer ; ; His father, Pál Tamássy, was an ev. pastor. He began his high school studies in Sajógömör, then completed the next six years at the Késmárk Lyceum. In 1820–1824, he was a ph... Read More

Augustine Christian, ab Hortis

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* Neisse, 6 December 1598 – † Kakaslomnic, 21 August 1650 / physician, naturalist ; ; He received his medical degree in Basel in 1620 and practiced briefly in Switzerland and then in Silesia. In 1622 he became the city physician in Keszthely, but was widowed the following year an... Read More

Samuel Augustini, ab Hortis

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* Kakaslomnic, 5 August 1729 – † Szepesszombat, 5 August 1792 / Lutheran priest, pioneer of Gypsy research in Hungary ; ; His father was a pastor in Poprad, his great-grandfather, Keresztély Augustini, ab Hortis, a doctor and naturalist. He graduated from high school in Levoča, t... Read More

Gergely Berzeviczy

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* Kakaslomnic, 15 June 1763 – † Kakaslomnic, 23 February 1822 / lawyer, economist, researcher of the Tatra Mountains ; ; In 1783 he obtained a law degree from the Lutheran Gymnasium in Keszthely, and then in 1784–1786 he was a student at the University of Göttingen. He traveled t... Read More

Adam Tomcsanyi

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* Kamánfalva, December 4, 1755 – † Pest, July 24, 1831 / physicist, engineer, university professor ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Nyitra, Selmecbánya and Nagykároly. From 1778 he studied at the University of Buda and at the Institutum Geometricum and obtained hi... Read More

Joseph Baranyay

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* Kamocsa, September 6, 1876 – † Komárom, January 20, 1952 / editor, local historian ; ; He completed his high school studies in Komárom and Pápa (according to other sources in Keszthely and Debrecen), and earned a law degree in Budapest. He then became a newspaper editor in Duna... Read More

Michael Orvai

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* Košice, September 13, 1708 – † Boldogújfalu, February 15, 1750 / poet, priest, Jesuit science historian; ; He entered the Jesuit order in Trenčín in 1724. He completed his university studies in Nagyszombat. He worked as a teacher in various convents (Sopron, Košice, Komárom, Na... Read More

Joseph Kis Witzay

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* Košice, March 26, 1746 – † Košice, April 5, 1810 / Chief physician of Torna County and Košice ; ; His father, József Kis Witzay (1715-1790) was the "Chyrurgusa" (surgeon) of the city of Košice, who acquired his professional knowledge as a military paramedic. His son already stu... Read More

Frederick James Fuker

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* Košice, March 5, 1748 – † Tállya, 1805 / doctor, godfather of Lajos Kossuth ; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown, then studied medicine at the university in Nagyszombat. He received his medical degree in 1773, and worked as a practicing physician in his hometown an... Read More

Elek Jordánszky

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* Košice, 15 September 1765 – † Esztergom, 15 February 1840. bishop, church writer, supporter of science; ; studied in Košice and Bratislava, at the general seminary (Emericum). Ordained priest in 1789. He was a tutor in the family of Count Miklós Berényi in Alsóbodok, later arch... Read More