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Michael Guhr

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* Nagyszalók, March 11, 1873 – † Szepesszombat, August 23, 1933 / physician, sportsman, prominent representative of Tatra tourism ; ; He received his medical degree from the University of Budapest. From 1897, he was the chief physician in Tátraszéplak. In 1902, he had a sanatoriu... Read More

Iren Balko

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* Nitra, March 15, 1941 – / historian, associate professor ; ; He obtained a teaching certificate in Hungarian history from the Comenius University in Bratislava in 1964. In 1974 he studied at the Lomonosov University in Moscow, and in 1985–1986 at the Prague Political College. S... Read More

Geza Ambrozy

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* Nagyszalók, December 16, 1896 – † Nyíregyháza, January 12/13, 1966 / mathematician, teacher ; ; His father, Albert Ambrózy, was a teacher. He went to school in Szepesség, and from 1904 to 1916 he was a student at the Késmárk Evangelical Gymnasium. He graduated with honors in 19... Read More

Endre Dudich

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* Nagyszombat, June 1, 1531 – † Vienna, June 13, 1584 / humanist historian, physician, cartographer ; ; He studied in Vienna, Wittenberg, Strasbourg, and Paris. In Padua in 1553 he studied medicine at the expense of Nicholas Oláh, in 1557 he became a university professor in Bolog... Read More

John Zsamboki, Sambucus

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* Nagyszombat, June 1, 1531 – † Vienna, June 13, 1584 / humanist historian, physician, cartographer ; ; He studied in Vienna, Wittenberg, Strasbourg, and Paris. In Padua in 1553 he studied medicine at the expense of Nicholas Oláh, in 1557 he became a university professor in Bolog... Read More

John Nadasi

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* Nagyszombat, 1614 – † Vienna, March 3, 1679 / Jesuit ecclesiastical writer, university professor ; ; As a young man, he first entered the Franciscan order, later becoming a Jesuit. After earning a doctorate in humanities and theology in Graz and Rome, he became a professor at t... Read More

Gregory Hidi

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* Satu Mare, 14 February 1674 – † Nagyszombat, 6 March 1705 / doctor of philosophy and theology, Jesuit priest and teacher; ; He entered the Jesuit order in the autumn of 1689, studied philosophy and theology at the University of Vienna, and then became a doctor. He then taught p... Read More

Francis Borgia Kéri

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* Kenézlő, October 10, 1702 – † Nagyszombat, December 1, 1768 / astronomer, physicist, historian, university professor ; ; His name is also spelled Kéry. He studied philosophy and theology at the universities of Nagyszombat and Vienna. He worked as a Jesuit teacher in several pla... Read More

Weiss Ferenc Xaver

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* Nagyszombat, March 16, 1717 – † Buda, January 10, 1785 / Jesuit monk, mathematician, astronomer ; ; He completed his studies in Nagyszombat, first taught in Jesuit schools, and from 1752 was a mathematics teacher at the University of Nagyszombat. He was entrusted with organizin... Read More

Antal Reviczky

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* Sátoraljaújhely, 17 January 1723 – † Buda, 15 December 1781 / Jesuit priest, ; natural scientist, philosopher and theologian ; ; joined the Society of Jesus in 1738. He studied social sciences in Szakolca in 1741, philosophy at the university in Nagyszombat in 1742–1744, and ma... Read More