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Albert Fuchs

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* Levoca, 8 April 1808 – † Bratislava, 1894 / Lutheran priest, teacher, natural science ; writer ; ; younger brother of Vilmos Fuchs. He studied theology in Bratislava, then astronomy in Vienna, and quantity science in Göttingen. In 1837 he became a mathematics and physics teache... Read More

Gyula Gretzmacher

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* Levoca, 10 August 1836 – † Selmecbánya, 26 January 1906 / mining engineer, writer on the history of technology ; ; He graduated from high school in Prešov and the mining academy in Selmecbánya in 1859, after which he worked as a mining apprentice. In 1862, he was assigned to Vi... Read More

Kornél Fabriczy

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* Levoca, September 3, 1839 – † Göttingen, October 5, 1910 / railway engineer, art historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1903) ; ; son of lawyer Sámuel Fabriczy (Poprád). He completed high school in Levoca in 1850–1857. He was a student at the Vienna Polytechnic... Read More

Ferenc Denes

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* Újterebes, April 2, 1845 – † Levoca, October 17, 1934 / geographical writer, high school teacher, Tatra explorer, mountaineer ; ; He graduated from the Hungarian Gymnasium in Levoca in 1864. From 1864 to 1869 he studied linguistics at the University of Vienna, and in 1870 he ob... Read More

Hajnóczy R. Joseph

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* Derecske, February 14, 1854 – † Levoca, May 30, 1931 / historian, teacher ; ; Born in the Great Plain, he was originally called Rajmund Zák, but in 1884 he took the surname of his mother, Lujza Hajnóczy, and in addition to it, his illustrious ancestor's first name (József) and ... Read More

Samu Roth

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* Ménhárd, December 18, 1851 – † Levoča, November 17, 1889 / teacher, mountaineer, Tatra explorer; ; His father was a butcher. He completed his elementary school education in his native village, then graduated from the nearby Késmárk Evangelical Lyceum in 1871. He obtained a natu... Read More

Felix Szontagh

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* Levoca, December 18, 1859 – † Debrecen, November 6, 1929 / physician, university professor ; ; He graduated from a German high school in his hometown, but completed his medical studies at the University of Budapest, and from 1885 he was a physician in the pediatric department o... Read More

Kalmar Electric

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* Tőkés/Romania, March 22, 1862 – † Budapest, October 26, 1947 / linguist, textbook writer, principal of the Levant High School ; ; He completed his secondary education at the Szamosújvár Junior High School and the Kolozsvár High School. In 1886, he obtained a Hungarian-Greek-Lat... Read More

Leo Tivadar Gyorok

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* Levoca, December 10, 1876 – † Keszthely, October 14, 1945 / gardener, academy teacher ; ; He was the grandson of György Györök, printer and school principal of Somorja. He continued his studies at the Budapest Horticultural Institute, then on a scholarship in Paris, where he st... Read More

Kardevan Charles

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* Levoca, September 22, 1878 – † Budapest, November 16, 1962 / teacher, literary historian ; ; He started his schooling in his hometown. After university studies in Budapest and Leipzig, he received a teaching certificate in 1900. From 1902, he was a high school teacher in Oradea... Read More