Abafalva

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* Nagybáb, January 30, 1893 – † Budapest, May 12, 1967 / doctor, university professor ; ; He graduated from the Piarist Gymnasium in Nitra, then obtained his medical degree from the University of Sciences in Budapest in 1915. In 1913–1917 he was an unpaid intern, later an assista... Read More

Andras Frigyes Haliczky

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* Bát, 16 January 1753 – † Pest, 12 April 1830 / philosopher, university professor, newspaper editor ; ; He studied theology in Vienna, but soon after left the priesthood and worked as a high school teacher in Nagyszombat, Bánya Biszterce, Buda, and from 1787 in Trenčín. In 1792 ... Read More

Joseph Horvath

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* Lukácsháza, 1 February 1794 – † Bát, 13 May 1849 / doctor, writer ; ; He lost his father at the age of ten, and then began his elementary and secondary school studies in Kőszeg. In 1811 he became a member of the Piarist order, and after two years of probation he taught at the T... Read More

Antal Mocsary

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* Bozók, 18 September 1757 – † Lapujtő, 24 May 1832 / poet, historian ; ; In 1790 he became the chief bailiff of Nógrád county, following in the footsteps of his father, Antal Mocsáry the Elder. In 1800 he was elected chief bailiff, and was also a magistrate of several counties. ... Read More

Mahler Ede

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* Cífer, September 28, 1857 – † Újpest, June 29, 1945 / orientalist, astronomer, naturalist, archaeologist, Egyptologist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His father, Mahler Salamon (1823–1895), was a rabbi in Cífer. His older brother, Miksa, was a hi... Read More

Dezso Kanizsai

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* Cífer, 27 January 1886 – † Budapest, 26 November 1981/ special education teacher, psychologist ; ; In 1911 he obtained a special education teacher's certificate in Budapest. But before that, he taught at the Israeli Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, which was relocated in 1907 a... Read More

Stephen Batta

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* Feled, 27 August 1924 – † Rožňava, 28 July 2011 / mining engineer, museologist, local historian ; ; He completed his primary school education in his native village, graduating from the Rimaszombat gymnasium in 1943. He enrolled in the law faculty of the University of Debrecen, ... Read More

Mocsary Lajos

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* Fülekkovácsi–Kurtány, 26 October 1826 – † Andornak, 7 January 1916 / public writer, politician, ethnic studies researcher ; ; He spent his childhood in the family mansion in Kurtánypuszta. His father was a multilingual, well-informed, but reserved man, and died at the age of 42... Read More

Joseph Papay

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* Fűr, June 29, 1939 – / oil and gas engineer, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; ; graduated in 1957, obtained a diploma in oil engineering from the Technical University of Heavy Industry in Miskolc in 1962. In 1969–1970, he was a postgraduate stu... Read More

Ottokar Prohaszka

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* Nyitra, October 10, 1858 – † Budapest, April 2, 1927. Catholic bishop, church writer, politician, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (corresponding: 1909, full: 1920) ; ; His Moravian father, Prochaska Domokos (1817–1879), settled in Hungary as a ... Read More