Greisiger Irma Julianna, Mrs. István Győrffy

* Szepesbéla, January 16, 1882 – † Gyöngyös, June 29, 1947 / botanist, high school teacher ; ; In her publications she is listed as Irma Győrffy-Greisiger. She is the daughter of Mihály Greisiger, a doctor, and the wife of István Győrffy, a professor of botany. She began her schooling in her hometown, graduating from the high school in Késmárk. She was the first female student of natural history at the University of Cluj-Napoca, and in 1904 she obtained a teaching certificate in mathematics and natural history. She and her husband met at the university and taught first (between 1904 and 1909) in Makó, and then (between 1909 and 1913) at the high school in Levoča. During these years, they lived in Szepesbéla. In 1913, Győrffy was appointed professor at the University of Cluj-Napoca and the family moved to the Transylvanian city. They lived there until the end of World War I, after which they settled in Szeged. In 1940, they moved back to Cluj-Napoca and by then she was already participating in her husband's research as a colleague. Between 1920 and 1942, they often visited the High Tatras during their summer holidays, where they studied the high-mountain flora. In her younger years, she often climbed the peaks of the High Tatras. After 1945, they lived in the Mátra region, where she died at the age of 65. ; ; Her main works: ; Some species compounds from the High Tatras flora (Magyar Botanikai Lapok, 30, p. 127–132), 1931, ; Sysirinchium angustifolium Mill., ein neuer Bürger der Flora der Hohen-Tatra (Magyar Botanikai Lapok, 33, p. 76–78), 1934, ; Euphrasia anomalies of the High Tatras (Acta Biologica, 3, p. 236–239), 1935, ; Data on the occurrence of Euphrasia tenuis (Brenn.) Wettst., E. suecica Murb. et Wettst. and E. Bicknelli Wettst. (Annals of the MNM Bot. 30, p. 4–6), 1936, ; Euphrasia studies I. On the occurrence and crossing of E. suecica Murb. et Wettst. in the High Tatras (Acta Univ. Biol. Szegedensis, Sect. Sci. Natur., Bot., 5, p. 39–51), 1939.