Imre Szentpetery

* Középpalojta, September 23, 1878 – † Budapest, July 14, 1950 / historian, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1929) ; ; His grandson, Gedeon Raisz, described his grandfather in the 1880s as follows: “One of those now extinct original Hungarians who combined the peculiarities and originality of their time with thorough scientific qualifications, versatile general education and an indestructible cheerful disposition. There are still many among the living who remember the always cheerful, witty, often witty old gentleman, who proved his deep-rooted Hungarianness not only by never putting off his national costume, but also by his anxious and anxious interest in his homeland and its national cause, which was in grave danger at the twilight of its life. The name of Keresztély Raisz is forever linked with the Baradlá, because it cannot be disputed that he was the first to explore and survey a good part of the cave with great care and no less effort, breaking a path and showing it to those who followed. ; Unstable to the criticism of today's geology His hypothesis about the origin of the cave can not only be forgiven to him, who was not a professional geologist, but also a testament to the fact that he was a keen observer and thinker. Perhaps his grandson can be forgiven for paying homage to the unforgettable old man’s memory here as well.” He completed his studies at the University of Budapest. In 1901, as a member of the Eötvös College, he obtained a doctorate in humanities, and in 1902, a teaching certificate in history and Latin. After that, he spent a year in Strasbourg on a state scholarship. He studied historical auxiliary sciences and art history in Berlin and Paris, and then in Italy for half a year. In 1914, he obtained a private teaching qualification at the Budapest University of Science. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences elected him a corresponding member in 1917, and a full member in 1929. From 1918, as a professor of historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Debrecen, and from 1923, at the University of Budapest, he was mainly concerned with documentary research and partly with source publication. In Hungary, he laid the foundations for the cultivation of historical auxiliary sciences, above all documentary research and source publication, on a modern basis. From 1926, he was vice-president, and from 1932 until his death, he was president of the Hungarian Heraldic and Genealogical Society. In 1941, he was awarded the Corvin Wreath. He edited the new edition of the Árpád-era narrative sources: Scriptores… (I – II.), 1937–1938. ; ; His main works: ; Documentary Calendar, 1912, ; Chronologia, 1923, ; Magyar Documentary, 1930, ; Critical list of the charters of the kings of the Árpád dynasty (until 1272) (I – II.), 1923–1943, ; Historical auxiliary sciences (In: New paths of Hungarian historiography. Edited by Bálint Hóman), 1931, ; History of the Faculty of Humanities. 1635 – 1935, 1935, ; Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum I-II. (ed.), 1937–1938, ; Charters of King St. Stephen (In: Memorial Book of St. Stephen II.), 1938.