Viktor Miskovszky

* Bártfa, May 14, 1838 – † Košice, November 2, 1909 / art historian, architectural engineer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father was a minor nobleman of Polish origin. He began his studies in his hometown, then studied in Sátoraljaújhely, Rozsnyó, and Levoča. In 1863–1866, he completed technical university studies first in Buda and then in Vienna and obtained an engineering degree. He taught descriptive geometry and architecture for a short time in Bártfa, in 1867–1868 in Körmöcbánya, and between 1868 and 1897 at the Royal High School in Košice. From 1860, he was involved in monument protection and the art historical processing of the built heritage. He was one of the initiators of the preservation and restoration of endangered historic buildings. At the 1878 Paris World Exhibition, he was awarded a certificate of honor and a silver medal for his album presenting medieval and Renaissance Hungarian art. In 1880 he became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was also a diligent writer of articles for contemporary newspapers and magazines, in which he primarily published articles on art history. ; ; His main works: ; ; Travelogues of Upper Hungary, ; Bártfa's Medieval Memories I-II., 1879-1880, ; Medieval and Renaissance-style Monuments of Hungary, 1885, ; The Beginning and Development of the Renaissance with Special Attention to the Architectural Monuments of Our Country (Academic Chair), 1881, ; Monuments and antiquities of Upper Hungary, 1888, Medieval and Renaissance-style monuments of the city of Košice, 1895, ; In the interest of preserving and maintaining our decaying national monuments, 1898.