John Boszormenyi

* Perbete, June 10, 1928 – † Komárom, October 6, 1993 / teacher, local historian ; ; He graduated from the Pápa State Teacher Training College in 1950 and obtained a teaching certificate in Hungarian history at the Faculty of Education of the Comenius University in Bratislava. Between 1950 and 1968, he taught in several villages around Komárom (Nagykeszi, Csallóközaranyos, Dunamocs), and later was also a school inspector. In 1968 and 1969, he was the chief lecturer for education and culture at the Secretariat for Nationalities of the Slovak Government Office. During the purges and consolidation after 1970, he was removed from his position and was not allowed to teach or publish. In 1975, he was granted a disability pension. He was only rehabilitated after 1989, but was not financially compensated. Starting in 1960, he published minority policy writings, criticism, and local history studies in the Hungarian newspapers of the Uplands (Új Szó, Hét, Irodalmi Szemle). He also wrote textbooks. In 1990, he published his village monograph entitled Dunamocs szaszadái, which was awarded the Madách Kiadó award.