Peter Hatala

* Tótmegyer, February 17, 1832 – † Marosvásárhely, February 12, 1918 / proselytizer, linguist, orientalist, university professor ; ; His father was the farm officer of the Károlyi estate. He started high school in Szombathely, studied philosophy in Pest, then joined the army in 1848 and served as an artilleryman. After Vílagos, he was imprisoned, and after his release, he entered the priesthood, was ordained a priest in 1855, earned a doctorate in theology in 1856, and traveled to Palestine as a proselytizer in 1857–1860. Upon his return home, he taught at the Esztergom seminary. From 1861, he was a professor of theology in Budapest, and from 1873–1905, until his retirement, he was a professor of Semitic languages at the Faculty of Humanities. In 1874 he left his church and converted to the Unitarian religion. He edited the newspapers Szabad Egyház, Szabad Sajtó, etc. He was a member of the Petőfi Society. ; ; His main works: ; My Creed, 1875, ; Arabic Grammar, 1877, ; The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, 1878, ; Sectarianism and Sectarian Coercion, 1894, ; Rightful Socialism, 1898.