Gömörpanyit

Jenő Tettamanti

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* Budapest, August 14, 1883 – † Dorog, August 21, 1959 / mechanical engineer, college teacher ; ; He received his diploma from the Budapest Technical University in 1905. From 1907 to 1913 he worked for the Ganz Wagon Factory. From 1913 he taught at the Department of Mining Engine... Read More

Simon Papp

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* Kapnikbánya, February 14, 1886 – † Budapest, July 27, 1970 / geologist, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1946), founder of Hungarian petroleum mining ; ; He graduated from university in Cluj-Napoca. In 1909, he received his doctorate in mineral... Read More

Ferenc Pavai Vajna

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* Csongva, March 6, 1886 – † Szekszárd, January 12, 1964 / geologist ; ; He was a student of the Nagyenyed dormitory. After completing his university studies in Budapest, he received a doctorate in geology in 1910, and in 1911 he became an assistant professor at the Department of... Read More

Joseph Finkey

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* Sárospatak, November 27, 1889 – † Sopron, April 7, 1941 / mining engineer, university professor, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1940) ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in his hometown, at the Reformed College (1907). He graduated from the Selmecbá... Read More

Jeno Gellert

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* Erdőhát v. Déva, 16 May 1889 – † Budapest, 4 July 1948 / metallurgical engineer, mathematician, academic teacher ; ; Between 1908 and 1912 he studied metallurgy at the Selmecbánya College, then became an assistant professor at the architecture department. During World War I, he... Read More

Daniel White

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* Tekepuszta/Mórichida, October 27, 1890 – † Sopron, February 22, 1955 / plant physiologist, soil biologist, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1954) ; ; In 1912, he obtained a degree in forestry engineering from the Selmecbánya Colle... Read More

David Czvittinger

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* Selmecbánya, 1676 – † Selmecbánya, 18 March 1743 / literary historian, bibliographer ; ; His family was granted nobility relatively late, in 1657. He started his schooling in his hometown, and from 1696 he studied at German universities (in Berlin, Strasbourg, Tübingen), and sp... Read More

Ferenc Xaver Éder

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* Selmecbánya, September 1, 1727– † Bánya Besztercebánya, April 17, 1773 / Jesuit missionary, traveler to America ; ; He studied with the Jesuits in Nagyszombat, then joined the order. In 1749, on behalf of his order, he traveled to South America, proselytizing among the Moxo Ind... Read More

Joseph Kayling

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* Selmecbánya, 7 January 1725 – † Bélabánya, after 1780 / Jesuit missionary, South American ; traveler ; ; He studied at the Nagyszombat College and then at the Košice College. He was a teacher at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Eprejes for two years. In 1753, in Portuguese service, he s... Read More

Janos György Hoffinger

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* Brassó, July 9, 1756 – † Vienna, 1792 ? / Chief physician of the mining chamber in Selmecbánya ; ; He obtained his medical degree in Vienna in 1780. He practiced medicine in Zalatná, Oravicabánya, and then was chief physician of the mining chamber in Selmecbánya. Here he descri... Read More