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Peter Kubinyi

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* Nyustya, 12 March 1765 – † ? 1835 / imperial and royal councillor, lawyer, judge, genealogist ; ; He studied in Levski from 1776 to 1779, then studied law in Késmárk, and then became a legal practitioner in Pest. After completing his studies, he returned to his homeland, where ... Read More

Windisch John Theophilus

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* Bratislava, 14 August 1689 – † Bratislava, 4 May 1732 / physician, botanist ; ; From 1710 he studied at the universities of Jena and Erfurt. He became a doctor of medicine in 1714. He was a practicing physician in Bazin and from 1718 in Bratislava. He was primarily known as a p... Read More

Brancsik Károly, Brančík

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* Óbeštőrce, March 13, 1842 – † Trenčín, November 18, 1915 / physician, zoologist, botanist ; ; He attended high school in Žilina and Teschen, then studied at the ecclesiastical high schools in Bratislava and Sopron, where he graduated in 1862. He completed his university studies... Read More

Laszlo Bartholomaeides

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* Klenóc, November 16, 1754 – † Ochtina, April 18, 1825 / Lutheran pastor, church and historical writer ; ; He studied in his native village, in Dobsina from 1768 to 1772, and in Késmárk from 1772 to 1779. He taught at the elementary school in Osgyán from 1779 to 1781. He was a s... Read More

Baron Ferenc Ocskay

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* Ocskó, 1775 – † Sopron, August 6, 1851 / landowner, naturalist ; ; He graduated from the Bratislava Academy in 1793. He prepared for a military career, but after the Rhine campaign he resigned due to an eye disease that threatened blindness. He retired to his estates, first in ... Read More

Besse John Charles

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* Ógyalla, August 31, 1765 – † Marseille, June 1841 / traveler, geographical writer ; ; He was the scion of a noble family. According to his autobiography, “his irresistible inclination for geographical knowledge” prompted him to travel the world. In 1791, he visited Germany, the... Read More

Ede Wolf

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* 1844 – † Ógyalla, April 24, 1902 / teacher, observing astronomer, employee of the Ógyalla Observatory ; ; From 1883 he worked at the private observatory of Miklós Konkoly Thege in Ógyalla, and from 1890 as an employee of the Meteorological and Geomagnetic Institute. He mainly m... Read More

Sigismund Schiller

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* Ógyalla, September 17, 1847 – † Budapest, September 12, 1920 / journalist, botanist ; ; He studied law at the universities of Vienna and Pest. He was a doctor of law and a lawyer in 1872, and from 1873 he practiced law in Budapest until 1880, then in Bratislava until 1884. From... Read More

Rado Kövesligethy

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* Verona, September 1, 1862 – † Budapest, October 11, 1934 / astronomer, geophysicist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1909) ; ; When he was four years old, his military officer father left his family and he was raised by relatives in Augsburg. ... Read More

Béla Harkányi, Baron

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* Pest, April 11, 1869 – † Budapest, January 23, 1932 / astronomer, employee of the ; Ógyalla Observatory, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1911) ; ; He completed his secondary schooling in his hometown. From 1887, he studied mathematics, physics and ast... Read More