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Ottokar Prohaszka

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* Nyitra, October 10, 1858 – † Budapest, April 2, 1927. Catholic bishop, church writer, politician, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (corresponding: 1909, full: 1920) ; ; His Moravian father, Prochaska Domokos (1817–1879), settled in Hungary as a ... Read More

Bernad Heller

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* Nagybiccse, March 16, 1871 – † Budapest, February 26, 1943 / orientalist, ; literary historian, folklorist ; ; He was ordained a doctor of humanities in 1894, a rabbi in 1896, and obtained a secondary school teacher's certificate in the same year. He was a Jewish rabbi, and bet... Read More

Joseph Nemesdy, Nemcsek

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* Nagybiccse–Predmér, March 6, 1893 – † Aš, May 2, 1945 / engineer, university teacher ; ; He completed his studies at the Budapest University of Technology in 1922, after which he entered the service of MÁV as a section engineer. From 1929 he was an employee of the directorate. ... Read More

Lajos Presinszky

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* Nagycétény, December 10, 1939 – † Somorja, April 3, 2010 / local historian, teacher ; ; He began his school studies in his native village, graduating from the Párkány high school in 1957. He obtained a teaching certificate in geography and history from the Hungarian department ... Read More

Armin Rothmann

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* Nagycseb, October 30, 1860 – † Budapest, July 19, 1932 / dentist, university professor ; ; He earned his doctorate in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Budapest in 1883. For a while he was an assistant professor at the Physiological Clinic, then became ... Read More

Zsigmond Wynyo

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* Nagyfödémes, September 23, 1804 – † Bratislava, January 23, 1853 / Catholic priest, historian ; ; He entered the Franciscan order in 1822, was ordained a priest in 1828, and taught philosophy for a few years at the Franciscan school in Székesfehérvár. Later, he became a teacher... Read More

Miklos Osztermayer

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* Nagyszombat, November 18, 1863 – † Budapest, 1905 / physician, balneologist, specialist writer ; ; He began his high school studies in his hometown, completing the last two years in Vác. He earned his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vienna in 18... Read More

Paul Csáji

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* Nagyida, April 20, 1902 – † Miskolc, November 16, 1964 / Reformed pastor, archivist ; ; He graduated from high school in Rozsnyó, graduating in 1920. He studied reformed theology in Sárospatak between 1920 and 1924. He further trained in Halle and Bonn in 1929 and 1930. He was ... Read More

Paul P. Görgei

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* Nagykapos, between 1630–1635 –  † Transylvania ?, February 1674 ? / doctor, Reformed priest ; ; He studied in Utrecht from 1654, where he obtained a medical degree. In the meantime, he also studied at the universities of Groningen from 1656 and Franeker from 1657. He was a past... Read More

Michael Fincicky

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* Ungcsepely, September 22, 1842 – † Ungvár, 1916 / lawyer, translator, folk poetry collector ; ; His parents' house was located on today's Csepely Street in the Ungcsepely district of Nagykapos. In the 1860s, he and his companions collected 339 Ruthenian folk songs and 92 fairy ... Read More