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Zoltán Boross

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* Rimaszécs, October 25, 1906 – † Debrecen, January 24, 1998 / publicist, archivist ; ; He completed high school in Bratislava and Rimaszombat. He studied law at the University of Bratislava. He was one of the founders and leaders of the Scythian Scythian Movement, and he develop... Read More

Joseph Bartakovics

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* Szalakusz, March 19, 1722 – † Košice, April 15, 1763 / Jesuit monk, teacher ; ; He studied philosophy in Nitra and Nagyszombat, joined the Society of Jesus at the age of 18, then taught oratory and poetry in Gyöngyös. In his last years, he taught theology and church law in Koši... Read More

Paul Gartner

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* Szelepcsény, August 3, 1900 – † Budapest, March 6, 1975 / neurologist ; ; He began his medical studies in 1918 at the University of Budapest. He participated in the organization of the Free Trade Union of Hungarian Doctors, and in 1919 he was expelled from the university for hi... Read More

John Dualszky

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* Szenice, January 6, 1808 – † Nyitra, March 22, 1881 / canon, local historian ; ; Studied at the Nyitra seminary. From 1830 to 1835, tutored by the family of Baron József Mednyánszky. From 1835, chaplain of Trenčín, from 1843, parish priest of Apatfalva, from 1844, parish priest... Read More

Cörver Elek

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* Torna, 19 May 1714 – †  Nyitra, 4 June 1747 / Piarist teacher, textbook writer; ; Brother of János Nepomuk Cörver. His pen name was Alexius a Sancta Maria Magdalena. He received his highest training in Rome. He entered the order in Privigyé, where his teacher was József Ince De... Read More

Dezso Laczko

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* Trenčín, July 22, 1860 – † Veszprém, October 28, 1932 / geologist, paleontologist ; ; He completed his high school studies in Nyitra and his hometown. In 1877 he entered the religious order of teachers, studied theology in Nyitra between 1879–1881, and obtained a teaching certi... Read More

Stephen Kniezsa

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* Trsztena, December 1, 1898 – † Budapest, March 15, 1965 / linguist, language historian, Slavist, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1947) ; ; He graduated from high school in Nitra, fought on the Eastern Front in World War I in 1916–1917, where he suffered a seri... Read More

Horn (Eichhorn) Ede

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* Vágújhely, September 25, 1825 – † Budapest, November 2, 1875 / economist, statistician, politician ; ; Prepared to be a rabbi. After his theological studies in Nitra, Bratislava and Prague, he studied at the Faculty of Humanities in Pest. His first publicistic works were publis... Read More

Simonchich Ince János

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* Rovna, 13 May 1750 – † Máramarossziget, 20 April 1807 / Piarist teacher, numismatist ; ; He entered the order in Privigyé in 1766. He completed his studies in Nyitra and Vác, and then was a teacher in several gymnasiums of his order (Nyitra, Szentgyörgy, Nagykároly, Selmecbánya... Read More

Judge Lucian

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* Zsitvaújfalu, April 4, 1898 – † Komárom, May 15, 1990 / high school teacher, textbook writer, editor ; ; He completed his theological studies in Pannonhalma, and also obtained a Hungarian-Latin teaching qualification. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1922. Between 1922 and ... Read More