Farkasfalvi (Findura) Imre

* Rimaszombat, October 23, 1844 – † Vác, January 30, 1930 / librarian, local historian ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown, then continued in Lőcse, Vác, Eger and Esztergom. In 1865–1869 he studied law at the University of Pest. In 1868–1869 he was the first to complete the statistics course organized by István Gorove (1819–1881), Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade. From 1869 he worked as an employee of the library of the national statistical office, and was its director between 1871–1907. He is responsible for building up the initial holdings and international relations of the statistical library, as well as preparing the first stock lists. He was a prominent local historian of Rimaszombat and Vác. He also dealt with literary history, archaeology, ethnography, linguistics and art history. ; ; His main works: ; The position and greatness of Hungary under King Saint Ladislaus, 1864, ; The railway network of Hungary, 1875, ; History of Rimaszombat, 1876, ; Publications of the National Statistical Office 1867–81, 1881, ; Address list of the library and map collection of the National Statistical Office 1867–84, 1885, ; Vác from a topographic and statistical perspective, 1886, ; The Balog Valley, 1888, ; The life and works of András Fáy, 1888, ; History of the patent town of Rimaszombat, 1894, ; History of the Vác Parliament, 1911.