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Kalman Szepeshazy

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* Felsőbalog, 1919 – † Budapest, March 3, 2008 / geologist. ; ; &nbsp, ; ; He came from a forester family. He began his school studies in his native village, finished high school in Rimaszombat and decided here that he would study geography and natural history in the future. ... Read More

Miksa Grünwald

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* Nagyvárad, February 3, 1858 – Losonc, January 1933 / secondary school mathematics teacher, textbook writer ; ; Later he also used the surname Gedő. He completed his university studies in Budapest and Vienna. After that, he worked as an educator for six years, then taught as a t... Read More

Albert Grittner

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* Losonc, 1860 – † Budapest, December 1, 1918 / chemical engineer ; ; He obtained a diploma from the Budapest University of Technology in 1884. He then organized (1902) and developed the MÁV materials testing laboratory into a modern institute according to his own plans. He colle... Read More

Paul Mikó

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* Losonc, January 13, 1870 – † Balassagyarmat, October 3, 1941. / linguist, stylistic historian ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in his hometown, studied Hungarian linguistics at the Budapest University of Science and Technology, and was a student of Gábor Szarvas. A... Read More

Géza Vitéz, Illyefalvi-Vitéz

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* Losonc, March 16, 1871 – † Budapest, August 2, 1931 / statistician, university professor ; ; After completing his law studies, from 1896 he was a professor of administrative law and statistics at the Sárospatak ref. Law Academy. In 1903 he was a private tutor at the University ... Read More

Michael Seidner

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* Rimóc, February 1, 1875 – † Budapest, July 12, 1968 / electrical engineer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1960) ; ; He completed his secondary education at the state high school in Losonc. He was a diligent solver of mathematical problems published b... Read More

I know Stephen

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* Nagybalog, February 9, 1936 – † Bratislava, July 17, 1993 / mathematician, university ; teacher ; ; He completed his high school studies in Komárom (1954), and obtained a diploma in mathematics from the Comenius University in Bratislava (1959). He taught at a high school in Pís... Read More

Bela Sörös

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* Nemespécsely, March 14, 1877 – † Losonc, October 2, 1939 / Reformed bishop, founder of the Losonc theological seminary; ; A significant figure in Czech/Slovak Hungarian public life between the two world wars. He studied theology in Kolozsvár, Pápa, Budapest and Edinburgh. He wa... Read More

Gyula Fabian

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* Losonc, April 12, 1884 – † Szombathely, September 22, 1955 / drawing teacher, ethnographer, youth writer ; ; In 1904–1908, as a student at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, he began collecting folk art material in the Palóc area. From 1908 he taught in Sárvár, and from 1915 to... Read More

Badiny Jos Ferenc

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* Gács, June 3, 1909 – † Budapest, March 10, 2007 / military officer, self-taught historian, linguist, Sumerologist ; ; He spent his childhood in his native village and nearby Losonc, studied at the Balassagyarmat gymnasium, then received artillery officer and pilot training at t... Read More