Daniel Cornides

* Liptószentmiklós, July 1, 1732 – † Pest, October 4, 1787 / historian, librarian, ; university professor ; ; He moved to Körmöcbánya with his parents as a child and began his schooling there. He attended higher schools in Losonc and Bratislava, where he also came into contact with Mátyás Bél. He was particularly attracted to history. He studied humanities at the University of Erlangen and after graduating, he became the tutor of the children of Baron István Wesselényi in Transylvania, while he taught German at the Reformed College in Kolozsvár for 15 years. After that, he became the secretary of Count József Teleki (1738–1796), the chief minister and crown guard, and traveled to Italy and France. In November 1784, he was appointed professor of diplomas and heraldry at the Royal Hungarian University in Buda. In 1785, József Teleki accompanied his two sons to Göttingen, where on September 10 he gave a lecture at the Royal Academy on the ancient pagan religion of the Hungarians. Some thirty of his works on Hungarian history remained in manuscript, which were greatly used by György Fejér (1766–1851), the director of the University Library, in his Codex Diplomaticus. His rich collection of certificates, inscriptions and medals was purchased by Count József Teleki after his death. His letters to István Kaprinay (1714–1786) and György Pray (Érsekújvár) were placed in the University Library in Budapest. ; ; His main works: ; Regum Hungariae, qui saeculo XI. regnavere, genealogiam illustrat, 1778, ; Commentatio de religione veterum Hungarorum (on the religion of the pagan Hungarians), 1791, ; Vindiciae anonymi Belae regis notarii, 1802.