Kövecses

Aurel Liffa

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* Korpona, June 10, 1872 – † Budapest, October 23, 1956 / geologist and mineralogist, private university teacher ; ; He graduated from the Evangelical Lyceum in Selmecbánya in 1891. He then obtained a natural history and chemistry teacher's diploma from the University of Budapest... Read More

Spanish Glycerin

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* Néver, October 20, 1781 – † Pest, November 28, 1850 / Piarist priest teacher, historian, principal of the high school; ; He entered the order of the faithful in Nyitra at the age of 18. After his novice years in Trencsén, he taught as a student priest (1801–1803: Podolin, 1803–... Read More

Kalman Tihanyi

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* Uzbek, April 28, 1897 – † Budapest, February 26, 1947 / physicist, inventor ; ; He completed his professional studies in Bratislava at the electrotechnical secondary school and in Budapest. He submitted his first two patent applications in 1913 and 1914, and was granted a paten... Read More

Ferenc Kubinyi

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* Videfalva, March 21, 1796 – † Videfalva, March 28, 1874 / paleontologist, archaeologist, politician, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1858) ; ; Ágoston Kubinyi's brother. He graduated from the Lutheran Lyceum in Bánya-Biszterce. Here his teacher was András ... Read More

Augustine Kubinyi

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* Videfalva, 30 May 1799 – † Budapest, 19 September 1873 / museum director, naturalist, archaeologist, member of the board of directors of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1853) ; ; younger brother of Ferenc Kubinyi. He graduated from the Evangelical Lyceum in Bánya-Biszterce. ... Read More

John Alexander

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* October 25, 1929, Kolon, † May 25, 2012, Kolon / Volunteer ethnographer, local historian ; In the 1940s, he attended the Hungarian grammar school in Bratislava, his studies were interrupted by the war. Later, he was a farmer, a worker, the chairman of the local national committ... Read More