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Rudolf Fabinyi

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* Jolsva, May 30, 1849 – † Budapest, March 7, 1920 / chemist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Rozsnyó and Igló. In 1867 he became a student at the University of Pest, where he obtained a teaching ... Read More

Nicholas Ferjentsik

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* Jolsva, November 19, 1859 – † Ózd, September 29, 1912 / ironworks engineer, inventor ; ; He began his technical studies at the Technical University in Vienna, then completed them in Selmecbánya and obtained a diploma in ironworks in 1887. Before that, he had been an apprentice ... Read More

Michael Demeczky

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* Bernátfalva, May 5, 1855 – † Budapest, December 15, 1920 / mathematician, teacher ; ; He graduated from the Košice gymnasium, studied mathematics and physics at the Budapest University of Science and Technology, but also enrolled at the University of Technology. In 1877, he exp... Read More

George Papánek

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* Kukló, April 1, 1738 – † Olasz (Baranya County), April 11, 1802 / Catholic priest, historical and geographical writer ; ; He graduated from high school in Nikolsburg and Bratislava, studied philosophy in Buda, law in Eger, and theology in Pécs, and was ordained a priest in the ... Read More

Baron Ferenc Ocskay

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* Ocskó, 1775 – † Sopron, August 6, 1851 / landowner, naturalist ; ; He graduated from the Bratislava Academy in 1793. He prepared for a military career, but after the Rhine campaign he resigned due to an eye disease that threatened blindness. He retired to his estates, first in ... Read More

Jerome Necsey

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* Oszlány, February 24, 1788 – † Privigye, June 4, 1849 / Piarist priest, naturalist diver, teacher ; ; He entered the religious order in Privigye, where he was ordained a priest in 1814. He studied at various Piarist schools (Privigye, Nyitra, Nagykároly, Vác). In 1829/1830, he ... Read More

Kalman Adda

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* Borcsány, July 30, 1862 – † Bratislava, June 26, 1901 / geologist, academic teacher ; ; He was the scion of a wealthy mining family in Trenčín County. He completed his elementary and secondary school education in Nyíregyháza, Bratislava and Nagyszombat, then graduated from the ... Read More

David Gomory

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* Rozsnyó, 1708. May 5. – † Győr, 1795. October 14. / physician, naturalist; ; studied in Csetnek, Késmárk, Sopron and Bratislava. In the Szepesség he trained as a physician under Dániel Fischer (Késmárk) for two years, and then as a semimedicus he went to Jena, where he studied ... Read More

Peter Madacs, Madach

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* Veszverés, 28 February 1729 – † Rimaszombat, 20 November 1805 / doctor, specialist writer ; ; He came from a serf family, despite this his farmer father also knew Latin. He studied in Csetnek from 1742, in Késmárk from 1744, and in Lőcse from 1749. In 1750 he went to Debrecen, ... Read More

Jonathan Wietoris

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* 1738. April 27. Kuntapolca - † 1802. October 31. Sopron / Lutheran pastor, rector of the Sopron Lyceum ; ; Wietoris Jonathán was born on April 27, 1738 in Kuntapolca, Gömör County. His father was a pastor, and he was also trained as one. He completed his domestic schools in Dob... Read More