Tomcsanyi Gyula

* Ósva, November 8, 1844 – † Budapest, January 8/10, 1923 / forest engineer, specialist writer, ministerial advisor ; ; He completed his secondary education at the Košice main real school, then obtained a forest engineer diploma at the Selmecbánya Mining and Forestry Academy. From 1867 he was a candidate for forester at the Mizslye forest management office, from 1870 to 1874 he was a forester at the Gödöllő forest office, from 1875 to 1882 he was first a forester, then a draftsman, and finally a chief forester at the Uzhhorod main forest office. In 1882 he became the head of the Zsarnóca forest office, later receiving the title of chief forester. From 1891 he headed the forest directorate of Bánya Bisztergom. From 1905, he worked as the head of the department managing the affairs of state forests in the Ministry of Agriculture until his retirement (June 30, 1911). In 1907, he received the title of ministerial councilor, and in 1911, the king awarded him the Order of Leopold. As a forester, he primarily sought to increase the stock of the mixed forests along the Garam River and to rationalize timber harvesting. His career ran parallel to that of his younger brother, Gusztáv Tomcsányi, and he also applied the methods developed by him in the areas entrusted to him (e.g. the use of heated seed grinders). His articles were published in the Forestry Journals; His main work A description of the transport system applied in the treasury forests along the Garam River (1895) c. It is considered his study, which, in addition to a thorough description of ancient water transport, also contains the history of the Garam Valley forests, compiled based on the abundant data sources of the centuries-old cameral archives, which he researched.