Kisszabos

Charles Gerster

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* Košice, 22 January 1819 – † Pest, 24 January 1867 / architect ; ; He studied architecture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He lived in Pest from the early 1840s. He designed most of his works together with Lajos Frey (1829–1877), but he also designed with Frigyes Feszl (1821... Read More

Antonius János of Kassai

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* Antonius Cassoviensis, Joannes, Kassa, 1496 – † Kraków, 1548 / humanist writer, physician ; ; We have little reliable information about his life. He studied in Vienna, Padua, Basel and Kraków. He was in contact with the most outstanding humanists of his time, including Erasmus ... Read More

Michael Orvai

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* Košice, September 13, 1708 – † Boldogújfalu, February 15, 1750 / poet, priest, Jesuit science historian; ; He entered the Jesuit order in Trenčín in 1724. He completed his university studies in Nagyszombat. He worked as a teacher in various convents (Sopron, Košice, Komárom, Na... Read More

Joseph Kis Witzay

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* Košice, March 26, 1746 – † Košice, April 5, 1810 / Chief physician of Torna County and Košice ; ; His father, József Kis Witzay (1715-1790) was the "Chyrurgusa" (surgeon) of the city of Košice, who acquired his professional knowledge as a military paramedic. His son already stu... Read More

Frederick James Fuker

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* Košice, March 5, 1748 – † Tállya, 1805 / doctor, godfather of Lajos Kossuth ; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown, then studied medicine at the university in Nagyszombat. He received his medical degree in 1773, and worked as a practicing physician in his hometown an... Read More

Elek Jordánszky

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* Košice, 15 September 1765 – † Esztergom, 15 February 1840. bishop, church writer, supporter of science; ; studied in Košice and Bratislava, at the general seminary (Emericum). Ordained priest in 1789. He was a tutor in the family of Count Miklós Berényi in Alsóbodok, later arch... Read More

Ede Bujanovics

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* Košice, according to other sources Vienna, July 21, 1776 – † Košice, September 24, 1855 / lawyer and landowner, economic writer ; ; He obtained a lawyer's degree. In 1803, he farmed on his own estate in the village of Böki in Sáros County. In 1850–1853, he was a judge of the Ko... Read More

Gabor Svaiczer (Switzerland)

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* Košice, 11 June 1784 – † Nagybánya, 4 August 1845 / mining engineer ; ; He continued his studies at the Selmecbánya Academy from 1804, then at foreign mining and smelting companies. He started his operations in Szomolnok and, based on his research, put the abandoned precious me... Read More

Semsey Andor

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* Košice, December 22, 1833 – † Budapest, August 14, 1923 / mineralogist, patron ; ; He first studied law, then – as a prospective heir to a 40,000-acre estate – he continued his studies at the Hohenheim and Magyaróvár economic academies. Afterwards, he studied the more developed... Read More

Emil Rozsay

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* Košice, March 4, 1839 – † Bratislava, July 16, 1891 / teacher, entomologist ; ; He completed his university studies in Vienna, where he obtained a teaching certificate in natural history and geography in 1861. He was a high school teacher in Selmecbánya in 1861–1863, in Košice ... Read More