Gömörliget (Gömörnánás)

John Folba

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* Morvaszentjános, August 31, 1880 – † Budapest, November 5, 1967 / Roman Catholic field deacon, major general, statistician ; ; He studied at the Bratislava Law Academy and then pursued music studies in Vienna. He completed his theology in Esztergom, where he was ordained a prie... Read More

Paul Csáji

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* Nagyida, April 20, 1902 – † Miskolc, November 16, 1964 / Reformed pastor, archivist ; ; He graduated from high school in Rozsnyó, graduating in 1920. He studied reformed theology in Sárospatak between 1920 and 1924. He further trained in Halle and Bonn in 1929 and 1930. He was ... Read More

Paul P. Görgei

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* Nagykapos, between 1630–1635 –  † Transylvania ?, February 1674 ? / doctor, Reformed priest ; ; He studied in Utrecht from 1654, where he obtained a medical degree. In the meantime, he also studied at the universities of Groningen from 1656 and Franeker from 1657. He was a past... Read More

Michael Fincicky

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* Ungcsepely, September 22, 1842 – † Ungvár, 1916 / lawyer, translator, folk poetry collector ; ; His parents' house was located on today's Csepely Street in the Ungcsepely district of Nagykapos. In the 1860s, he and his companions collected 339 Ruthenian folk songs and 92 fairy ... Read More

Herczegh Geza Gabor

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* Nagykapos, 17 October 1928 – † Budapest, 11 January 2010 / jurist, ; university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1990) ; ; His father was the chief judge of the Nagykapos District Court, and his later adoptive father was a historian. He began his schoolin... Read More

Joseph Kiss

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* Nagykapos, April 28, 1944 – † Bratislava, September 3, 2013 / historian, publicist ; ; He graduated from Nagykapos in 1961, and obtained an archivist's diploma from the Comenius University in Bratislava in 1967. He received his PhD in history in 1978. In 1969, he was the archiv... Read More

Stephen Jacob

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* Nagyráska, September 29, 1928 – † Komárom, November 23, 2013 / linguist, language educator, associate professor ; ; He graduated from the Reformed High School in Sárospatak in 1949 and obtained a Hungarian teaching certificate from the Pedagogical College in Bratislava in 1958.... Read More

Gyula Bittera

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* Nagyszalatna, February 9, 1893 – † Budapest, October 21, 1970 / herbalist, ornithologist ; ; He graduated from the Bratislava High School in 1912. He continued his studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest, but also attended lectures on chemistry at the... Read More

May Henrik

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* Nagytapolcsány, born in 1816 – † Budapest, June 28, 1906 / physician, doctor of philosophy, teacher at the Higher Realist School, writer ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Buda, and obtained a medical degree at the Charles Ferdinand University in Prague. He was su... Read More

John Csippek

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* Nagytapolcsány, 1845 – † Budapest, October 8, 1916 / pharmacist, pharmaceutical historian ; ; He obtained a pharmacy degree from the University of Pest in 1867. He was a pharmacist in Garamszentkereszt, then from 1876 in Nagytapolcsány, and from 1905 in Budapest, owner of the “... Read More