Hámosfalva

Isaac Czaban, Zabanius

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* Brogyán, July 5, 1632 – † Nagyszeben, March 18, 1707 / philosopher, theologian, atomist philosophical writer ; ; He began his studies in Sopron, then in 1659-1660 he studied in Wittenberg as a student of János Bayer, who was teaching there at the time. In 1661 he became deputy ... Read More

Gregory Friesenhof

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* Saint Petersburg, January 19, 1840 – † Ószéplak, July 17, 1913 / landowner, meteorologist ; ; His father, Baron Gusztáv Friesenhof, was an Austrian diplomat who had been a landowner in Brogyán since the 1840s. His son spent his childhood here. He studied law at the University o... Read More

George Sarudy

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* Cselej, November 29, 1866 – † Pápa, July 1934 ? / literary historian, high school teacher ; ; His father died early, so from 1876 he was taken under the patronage of his maternal uncle, Ödön Szenczy. He completed high school in Székesfehérvár. He studied at the University of Bu... Read More

Laszlo Korossy

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* Hernádzsadány, August 21, 1912 – † Budapest, February 16, 2002 / geologist, geophysicist ; ; He obtained his degree in geology from the University of Budapest in 1927. In 1940, he wrote a study on the geological conditions of his native village and its surroundings entitled Geo... Read More

Charles Tamassy

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* Jolsvatapolca, May 30, 1806 – † Debrecen, July 2, 1885 / pharmacist, pomologist, professional writer ; ; His father, Pál Tamássy, was an ev. pastor. He began his high school studies in Sajógömör, then completed the next six years at the Késmárk Lyceum. In 1820–1824, he was a ph... Read More

Vince Molnar

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* Kinorány, July 19, 1862 – † Újpest, April 10, 1919 / geographer, teacher ; ; He completed his studies at the Buda Teacher Training College. He was a middle school teacher in several places, and also worked at the Budapest Institute for the Blind. He offered his innovative map a... Read More

Terlanday Emil János

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* Kinorány, August 27, 1866 – † Esztergom, April 11, 1915 / Benedictine teacher, geographer ; ; He graduated from theology in Pannonhalma and from the University of Budapest in 1888, majoring in natural history and geography. He taught in Kőszeg, Sopron, at the Pannonhalma Colleg... Read More

Gyorgy István Palagyi

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* Királyhelmec, December 19, 1939 – / chemical engineer, radiochemist, president of the Artúr Görgei Society in the Czech Republic ; ; He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown, graduating in 1957. He obtained a chemical engineering diploma from the Faculty... Read More

John Bogoly

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* Királyhelmec, July 4, 1951 – † Királyhelmec, January 15, 2011 / teacher, nature conservationist, nature photographer, local historian, biological and landscape geography writer ; ; He completed his primary and secondary school education in his hometown. He began his studies at ... Read More

Zsigmond Szécsi (Nikel)

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* Kisgaram, October 6, 1841 – † Selmecbánya, October 8, 1895 / royal chief forest advisor, forest engineer, academy teacher ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Besztercebánya in 1859. He graduated from the Selmecbánya Mining and Forestry Academy in 1862, took the for... Read More