Joseph Szabo, S.

* Serke, 15 August 1862 – † Cegléd, 19 October 1944 / teacher, literary historian ; ; He began his school studies in his native village, then continued in Rimaszombat, and studied theology in Sárospatak. In 1889, he earned a teaching certificate at the University of Budapest. He taught in Karcag, Rimaszombat, Kisújszállás, and finally in Debrecen from 1894, then as director of the boys' high school of the Debrecen ref. college, and retired in 1929 as director general. He was co-editor of the Sárospatak Youth Journal (1884–1886), edited the Órállót (1895), the Debrecen Lélkészi Tárt (1902–1904), and the Yearbook of the National Reformed Teachers' Union (1902–1920). He was also a collaborator of the Pallas Nagy Lexikona, where he wrote mainly historical articles. He also published stories and poems. From 1902 he was the general secretary of the National Reformed Teachers' Union, and from 1927 he was its co-chairman. ; ; His main works: ; The life and character of Gáspár Károlyi, 1890), ; The educational impact of old classical poetry, 1896, ; Mihály Tompa, the poet-priest, 1901, ; Educational conditions, especially education in Debrecen during the Reformation, 1924, ; Teachers and outstanding students of the Debrecen Reformed College. 1549–1925, 1926, ; Protestantism in Hungary, 1927, ; Zwingli and the Hungarian Reformation, 1932.