Poprád (Mateóc)

Kalman Brogyanyi

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* Felsőkocskóc, June 5, 1905 – † Yonkers [USA], October 9, 1978 / art historian, editor ; ; He studied Hungarian and French literary history and art history at the University of Bratislava. In 1928, he was one of the founders of the Sickle, but later distanced himself from the mo... Read More

Ernő Massány(i)

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* Kispalugya, November 26, 1878 – † Budapest, January 20, June 3, 1946 / meteorologist, astronomer, aviation expert ; ; He earned a teaching degree from the University of Budapest, and from 1902 to 1917 he was an employee of the National Meteorological Institute and played an imp... Read More

István Balazs

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* Kispalugya, August 20, 1881 – † Sopron, February 11, 1962 / ironworks engineer, college teacher ; ; He graduated from the secondary school in Körmöcbánya in 1900. He obtained his ironworks engineering diploma at the Academy of Mining and Forestry Engineering in Selmecbánya in 1... Read More

Louis Steier

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* Liptószentmiklós, March 2, 1885 – ?, 1938 / publicist, historian ; ; There is little reliable information about his life. His father was a teacher, but he ran a printing press in Liptószentmiklós. He was a student at the Budapest University of Technology for a few years, then e... Read More

Daniel Cornides

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* Liptószentmiklós, July 1, 1732 – † Pest, October 4, 1787 / historian, librarian, ; university professor ; ; He moved to Körmöcbánya with his parents as a child and began his schooling there. He attended higher schools in Losonc and Bratislava, where he also came into contact wi... Read More

Matthias Ballo

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* Liptószentmiklós, November 30, 1844 – † Rákospalota, September 27, 1930 / ; chemist, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1880) ; ; He completed his secondary education in Késmárk, Rozsnyó and Levoča. In 1864–1866 he studied at the Vienna University of Tec... Read More

Diner-Joseph Denes

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* Liptószentmiklós, June 27, 1857 – † Paris, August 5, 1937 / engineer, art historian, social democratic politician ; ; He studied engineering at the universities there in Vienna, Dresden, Paris and Brussels. He then studied physics, chemistry, archaeology, art history and philos... Read More

Stephen Weister

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* Liptószentmiklós, January 21, 1873 – † Budapest, July 8, 1957 /food chemist, veterinarian, university professor ; ; He completed his chemical studies at the Technical University of Budapest and Munich, then in 1895 he obtained a doctorate in humanities at the University of Scie... Read More

Laszlo Rasonyi

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* Liptószentmiklós, January 22, 1899 – † Budapest, May 4, 1984 / linguist, Turkologist ; ; He earned a teaching degree in Hungarian history from the Pázmány Péter University in Budapest in 1921, and then a doctorate in Turkish philology. He worked at the Library of the Hungarian ... Read More

Denis Radocsay

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* Liptószentmiklós, August 17, 1918 – † Budapest, December 5, 1974 / art historian, ; museologist ; ; He studied art history at the University of Budapest. From 1941 he was an employee of the Museum of Fine Arts, from 1952 he was the head of the Old Hungarian Collection. From 197... Read More