Nandor Knauz

* Óbuda, October 12, 1831 – † Bratislava, April 26, 1898 / historian, Catholic priest, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1873) ; ; He studied humanities in Nagyszombat and theology in Esztergom. First he was a teacher at the seminary in Nagyszombat, then a supervisor of studies in Bratislava. From 1860 he was the archdiocesan sub-librarian and archival registrar in Esztergom. In 1871 he was appointed canon of Esztergom, in 1878 abbot, in 1890 a bishop, and in 1895 provost. Together with Iván Nagy he edited the Hungarian Scientific Dissertation in 1862, and from 1863 to 1869 the Hungarian Zion. In the 1850s, he also wrote poems and short stories, and later he dealt exclusively with historical research, the publication of diplomas and the auxiliary sciences of history. ; ; His main works: ; History of the National Council and Parliaments 1445–1452, 1859, ; The Archives of the Esztergom Cathedral I–II., 1863–1866, ; Letters of Freedom of Endre II, 1869, ; Manuscripts of the Bratislava Chapter, 1870, ; Monumenta ecclesiae Strigoniensis I–II., 1874–1882, ; The Bratislava Provost, 1881, ; The Abbey of St. Benedict near Garam I., 1890.