Gömörliget (Gömörnánás)

Michael Szilniczky

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* Bánka, 9 August 1805 – † Selmecbánya, 25 November 1852 / high school teacher in Losonc, botanist ; ; Little is known about his life. In the 1840s, he was a teacher at the Losonc high school, and he also raised several of his students [János Fábry, János Kunsz (Losonc) and other... Read More

Geza Horvath

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* Csécs, 23 November 1847 – † Budapest, 8 September 1937 / physician, zoologist, entomologist ; ; He completed his secondary education in Košice, and obtained his medical and surgical degrees at the University of Vienna in 1872. In 1873–1874 he was the keeper of the Hungarian Nat... Read More

Gabor Lonyay

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* Deregnyő, October 4, 1805 – † Teplice, August 5, 1885 / member of parliament, agronomist ; ; He completed his school studies in Sárospatak, Bratislava, and Késmárk, and obtained his law degree in Sárospatak in 1823–1824. From 1835, he was a member of parliament for forty years ... Read More

Joseph Paszlavszky

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* Deregnyő, February 2, 1846 – † Budapest, November 21, 1919 / zoologist, teacher, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his high school studies in Sátoraljaújhely, Ungvárot and Košice, then studied as a priest's student at the Košice theology... Read More

Petrovic Elek

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* Deregnyő, August 10, 1873 – † Budapest, July 20, 1945 / art historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He studied law at the University of Budapest, where he obtained a degree in political science in 1896. Between 1896 and 1914 he worked in various positions in ... Read More

Lajos Pásztorniczky

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* Deregnyő, March 24, 1925 – † Budapest, May 17, 1981 / electrical engineer, associate professor ; ; He completed his studies at the weak-current department of the Budapest University of Technology (1945-1950). He obtained a degree in electrical engineering (1950). In 1950–1953, ... Read More

Laszlo Koncsol

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* Deregnyő, June 1, 1936 – / literary critic, poet, local historian, cultural historian ; ; His father was a pastor. He began his secondary school studies in Sárospatak, then graduated in Komárom in 1954. He obtained a teaching certificate in Hungarian-Slovak at the Comenius Univ... Read More

Laszlo Varga, D.

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* Deregnyő, May 17, 1946 – / teacher, local historian, ethnographic writer ; ; He graduated from high school in Nagykapos in 1964 and obtained a teacher's diploma from the Pedagogical College in Prešov in 1982. From 1973 to 1988 he was a teacher at the Energetic Secondary School ... Read More

Charles Lassovszky

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* Gyetva, March 23, 1897 – † Boston, December 20, 1961 / astronomer, geophysicist, university professor ; ; He began his schooling in his native village, attended high school in Bánya Beszterce, then in Losonc, where he graduated in 1915. He earned a doctoral degree in astronomy,... Read More

Ferenc Kun

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* Gyetva, 15 May 1892 – † Budapest, 17 October 1976 / pharmacist ; ; In 1913 he obtained a pharmacy degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Budapest. He served as a military pharmacist in World War I, and between the two world wars he was a pharmacist in various ... Read More