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Nandor Varkonyi

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* Pécs, May 19, 1896 – † Pécs, March 11, 1975 / writer, librarian, cultural historian, ; editor ; ; His father, Nándor Várkonyi Sr., was an engineer and was transferred to Nyitra after the birth of his younger child. His older brother, Hildebrand Várkonyi (Kéménd). Nándor Várkony... Read More

Geza Toth

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* Nyitra, 14 August 1901 – † Adelaide, 4 June 1995 / meteorologist, geophysicist ; ; He spent his childhood in Szentendre, where his father was the director of the ref. school. With a mathematics and physics teaching diploma from the Budapest University of Science and Technology,... Read More

John Halmai

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* Nyitra, March 3, 1903 – † Budapest, July 23, 1973 / medicinal chemist, pharmaceutical historian, university professor ; ; In 1921–1922 he was a pharmacist trainee in Bonyhád, then obtained a pharmacy degree from the University of Budapest (1925). He worked in rural pharmacies u... Read More

Paul Ruffy

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* Nyitracsehi, December 15, 1854 – † Budapest, August 25, 1934 / legal writer, organizer of ; state child protection ; ; He completed his law studies at the University of Budapest, then entered the service of Bars County, from 1895 he was its deputy governor, from 1896 to 1903 he... Read More

Charles Kossovich

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* Nitraivánka, December 16, 1803 – † Nitra, June 19, 1841 / publicist, legal writer, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1838) ; ; He completed his lower schooling in Érsekújvár and Nitra. He studied philosophy and law at the Bratislava Academy. He obtained his law degre... Read More

John Rezik

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* Nyitrakoros, c. 1650 – † Prešov, 4 August 1710 / Lutheran teacher, writer, historian ; ; He studied in Prešov and then in Wittenberg. In 1674 he was a teacher at the University of Torun in Poland. In 1683 he was a teacher and director of the Košice gymnasium, and from 1684 he w... Read More

Antal Clement

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* Nyitrakoros, 15 January 1708 – † Kolozsvár, 14 September 1760 / Jesuit ; priest, teacher ; ; He entered the Jesuit order at the age of 16. He taught philosophy in Buda, and then taught theology for ten years in Eger, Nagyszombat and Győr. In the last third of his life he was a ... Read More

Beno Diera

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* Nyitranadány, October 6, 1876 – † Budapest, August 28, 1960 / gardener ; ; He graduated from the Budapest State Horticultural Institute between 1894 and 1897. He was a pioneer of primary and secondary horticultural education in Hungary. In addition to his teaching work, he bega... Read More

George Császka

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* Nyitraszerdahely, December 4, 1826 – † Budapest, August 11, 1904 / Catholic bishop, archbishop of Kalocsa, church writer, patron ; ; He completed his high school studies in Nyitras, Tata and Esztergom in 1842. He then spent two years at the Emericanum in Bratislava, then studie... Read More

Gusztáv Bárczi, Kratina

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* Nyitraudvarnok, September 13, 1890 – † Budapest, August 9, 1964 / physician, special education teacher, college professor ; ; He obtained a teaching certificate in Léva in 1910. He continued his further studies in Budapest. He first obtained a degree in special education (1913)... Read More