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Beck Janos Nepomuk

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* Pruszka, 13 December 1789 – † Baden bei Wien, 13/16 April 1833 / physician ; ; He received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Vienna in 1816. He worked as a second physician in a Viennese hospital for a few months, then settled in Baden in 1827, where he worked as... Read More

Charles Kiss

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* Pozba, October 18, 1841 – † Nagyigmánd, January 22, 1928 / Reformed pastor, church writer ; ; He graduated in theology in Pápán in 1865. He was a chaplain for a few years, in Pozba in 1870, and then in Nagyigmánd in 1888. He wrote short stories and church history studies. ; ; ... Read More

Szegedi Ash (Fraxinus) Gaspar

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* Szeged, between 1525–1530 – † Bratislava, August 6, 1563 / physician ; ; We know little about his life, only the place of his birth is known, and there are mostly speculations about the date. He probably studied medicine at the University of Padua between 1546–1552 with the hel... Read More

George Purkircher

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* Bratislava, 1530/35 k. – † Bratislava, 24 October 1577 / physician, botanist, Latin poet ; ; He began his studies in Bártfán, at the Evangelical Lyceum, where the prefect was Lénárd Stöckel, a student of Luther and Melanchthon (1497–1560), who made the institution famous in Eur... Read More

Peter Pazmany

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* Nagyvárad, October 4, 1570 – Bratislava, March 19, 1637 / Cardinal-Archbishop of Esztergom, founder of the University of Nagyszombat ; ; He came from a Protestant family, converted to Catholicism in 1583 under the influence of his stepmother while he was a student in Cluj-Napoc... Read More

John Lippai

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* Bratislava, July 1, 1606 – † Trenčín, June 2, 1666 / botanist, Jesuit monk, horticultural writer ; ; György Lippay (Bratislava, 1600 – Bratislava, January 30, 1666) was the younger brother of the Archbishop of Esztergom. He studied in Bratislava and Vienna, and became a Jesuit ... Read More

Charles Rayger, Sr.

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* Bratislava, September 22, 1641 – † Bratislava, January 14, 1707 / physician ; ; He studied in Bratislava, Altdorf, Wittenberg, then attended lectures on dissection and surgery in Paris, and delved into botany in Montpellier. In 1667 he was ordained a doctor of medicine in Stras... Read More

Zach Xavér Ferenc János, Baron

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* Bratislava, 13/14 June 1754 – † Paris, 3/4 September 1832 / astronomer, geodesist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1832) ; ; younger brother of Antal Zach. Between 1764 and 1770 he studied at the Piarist order's gymnasium in Veszprém. In 1773 he was a... Read More

Charles Peterffy

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* Bratislava. August 24, 1700 – August 24, 1746 / doctor of philosophy and theology, Jesuit teacher ; ; He entered the Jesuit order at the age of 16. After completing his studies, he taught philosophy and rhetoric in Nagyszombat, and after his ordination as a priest, he became a ... Read More

Ferenc Faludi

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* Németújvár, March 25, 1704 – † Rohonc, December 18, 1779 / poet, prose writer, translator, educational writer, director of the Jesuit library in Bratislava ; ; He came from a middle-noble family. At the age of 16, he entered the Jesuit order, studied in Vienna and Graz between ... Read More