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Philip Stein

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* Nyitra, March 30, 1867 – † Budapest, September 25, 1918 / physician, psychiatrist, ; founder of the Hungarian anti-alcohol movement ; ; He completed his university studies in Vienna and obtained his doctorate there. In Budapest, he first worked in the public health department o... Read More

József Aladar Höllrigl

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* Nyitra, March 19, 1879 – † Budapest, May 26, 1953 / archaeologist, art historian, ; museologist ; ; His father, Ferenc Höllrigl (1833–1905), was the head of the Nyitra telegraph office. He graduated from the Piarist Gymnasium in Nyitra in 1897. He obtained a teaching diploma fr... Read More

Oscar Velvet, Bernstein

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* Nyitra, 1879 – † Budapest, October 27, 1943 / economist, tourism writer ; ; He graduated from the Budapest Academy of Commerce in 1898. After graduating from school, he went abroad and became an official at Cook's office in London (1898–1902). He returned home in 1902, and join... Read More

Jeno Gardonyi

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* Nyitra, 1880 – ?, † 1939 / engineer, geodesist, technical advisor ; ; He began his career at the Bratislava Land Surveying Inspectorate in 1902. In 1909 he became a member of the Triangulation Office. In 1920 he worked on the national accurate leveling, then in 1928 he took ove... Read More

Jenő Stransky

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* Nyitra, January 20, 1891 – † Vienna, November 12, 1975 / pediatrician, university ; teacher ; ; He studied at the University of Vienna (1909–1914). In 1918–1925 he became a pediatrician at the Bratislava Children's Clinic led by Pál Heim, then he was an assistant professor in B... Read More

Joseph Szepessy

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* Nyitra, July 7, 1891 – † Budapest, March 24, 1958 / geodesist, engineer ; ; His father, József Szepessy Sr., was also an engineer and worked successfully in the service of the State Survey. He completed his studies at the Budapest Technical University, then became an assistant ... Read More

Szyndi Liptot

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* Nyitra, March 11, 1893 – † Küsnacht/Switzerland, January 24/27, 1986. / neurologist, ; psychiatrist ; ; Born as the twelfth child from his father’s second marriage – a poor shoemaker. At the age of five, he moved to Budapest with his family, where he completed his secondary sch... Read More

Nandor Varkonyi

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* Pécs, May 19, 1896 – † Pécs, March 11, 1975 / writer, librarian, cultural historian, ; editor ; ; His father, Nándor Várkonyi Sr., was an engineer and was transferred to Nyitra after the birth of his younger child. His older brother, Hildebrand Várkonyi (Kéménd). Nándor Várkony... Read More

Geza Toth

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* Nyitra, 14 August 1901 – † Adelaide, 4 June 1995 / meteorologist, geophysicist ; ; He spent his childhood in Szentendre, where his father was the director of the ref. school. With a mathematics and physics teaching diploma from the Budapest University of Science and Technology,... Read More

John Halmai

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* Nyitra, March 3, 1903 – † Budapest, July 23, 1973 / medicinal chemist, pharmaceutical historian, university professor ; ; In 1921–1922 he was a pharmacist trainee in Bonyhád, then obtained a pharmacy degree from the University of Budapest (1925). He worked in rural pharmacies u... Read More