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Zay Samuel

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* Komárom, 10 May 1753 – † Tata, 9 April 1812 /doctor, mineralogist; ; He began his studies at the ref. public school in his hometown. From 1768 he was a student at the ref. college in Debrecen, while he was a teacher in Karcag from 1771 to 1773, and then his professors sent him ... Read More

István Kultsar

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* Komárom, 16 September 1760 – † Pest, 28 March 1828 / writer, editor, theatre director, historian ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown, then became a Benedictine priest. In 1780–1781 he studied philosophy in Pannonhalma, and in 1782 he studied theology in Bratislava. ... Read More

Samuel the Great

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* Komárom, 30 May 1776 – † Komárom, 10 January 1810 / doctor of medicine ; ; He completed his studies in Bratislava and Debrecen, where he became a friend of Mihály Csokonai Vitéz. He obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Vienna. Upon his return home, he became ... Read More

Joseph Péczeli, Jr.

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* Komárom, 1789. November 23/25. – † Debrecen, 1849. May 23. / teacher, poet, historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His name is often also mentioned as Péczely. The youngest child of József Péczeli Id. He lost his father at the age of four, and moved to Debre... Read More

Antal Gevay

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* Komárom, 6 June 1797 – † Vienna, 9 July 1845 / orientalist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He studied philosophy and law, then tutored the children of Count Pál Széchenyi for 9 years. From 1823 he worked in various archives in Vienna, and from 1827 to 1838 he w... Read More

Charlemagne

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* Komárom, 6 December 1797 – † Paris, 2 March 1868 / astronomer, mathematician ; ; His father was a pharmacist, and he also started out in this career when he obtained the highest degree of doctor chemiae in pharmacy in 1824. He also distinguished himself with his talent for lang... Read More

John Wagner

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* Komárom, 18 July 1811 – † Budapest, 2 January 1889 / physician, internist, university professor ; ; He obtained his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1835. In the same year, he became a practicing physician in Pest and served as secretary of the Medical Associatio... Read More

George Lajos Arányi

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Komárom, 29 May 1812 – † Nagymaros, 28 July 1887 / physician, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Originally his name was Lóstájner. His father sympathized with the Habsburgs, but his son, influenced by his uncle, became Hungarian-m... Read More

Gyula Stollar

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* Komárom, April 24, 1844 – † Košice, January 15, 1892 / chemist and winemaker ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Komárom and his university studies in Vienna in 1865. From 1869 he was an assistant professor at the Economic Institute in Magyaróvár, and from 1874 he ... Read More

Rudolf Gyulai Rezso

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* Terézváros, May 2, 1848 – † Budapest, October 12, 1906 / Benedictine teacher, local historian of Komárom ; ; In 1849, he moved to Komárom with his family and began his school studies there. He graduated from high school in Bratislava. In 1864, he entered the Benedictine order. ... Read More