Sajószentkirály, Szentkirály

Count István Ambrózy-Migazzi

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* Nice, March 5, 1869 – † Tana, August 31, 1933 / lawyer, dendrologist, botanist ; ; He spent his childhood in Tana, Vas County, and under the influence of his mother, Countess Agáta Erdődy, he became interested in horticulture and nature in general. He was especially fascinated ... Read More

Paul Ballus

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* Modor, December 18, 1783 – † Bratislava, April 30, 1848 / fruit breeder, city councilor ; ; He completed his secondary school and theological studies in Bratislava, then studied natural sciences at foreign universities. Upon returning home, he settled in Bratislava, where he en... Read More

Ferenc Raffelsperger

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* Modor, September 23, 1793 – † Vienna, July 14, 1861 / cartographer, geographical writer ; ; His father was an impoverished timber merchant. He attended high school and a secondary school in Vienna. After his study trip to France and Hungary, he entered a commercial career, mana... Read More

John Heuffel

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* Modor, June 14, 1800 – † Lugos, September 25, 1857 / botanist, physician ; ; He collected plants while still a high school student in Modor and Bratislava. After his university studies in Vienna and Pest (1827), he became a doctor of medicine and a manorial physician. From 1829... Read More

Paul Lichner

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*  Modor, December 13, 1816 – † Bratislava, November 4, 1884 /  classical philologist, teacher, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1859). ; ; He completed his high school studies in his hometown, studied philosophy at the papal ref. college, and theology a... Read More

William Westsik

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* Modor, March 3, 1883 – † Nyíregyháza, January 29, 1976 / agricultural engineer, teacher ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown and between 1898 and 1902 he obtained a teaching certificate at the State Teacher Training Institute in Modor, and in 1905 he obtained a farme... Read More

Gyula Pap, Nógrád Priest

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* Felsőpálfalva, May 20, 1843 – † Salgótarján, August 5, 1931 / lawyer, poet, ethnographer ; ; His family's noble surname was "Révkomárom". He later used the surname "Nógrádi" as a distinction. He began his studies in Losonc, continued in Selmecbánya and finished in Sárospatak, w... Read More

István Hatvani

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* Rimaszombat, 1718. November 21. – † Debrecen, 1786. November 16. / doctor of medicine, mathematician, natural scientist, teacher ; ; His father was a bookbinder. He completed his lower schools in Rimaszombat, Losonc, Kecskemét. In 1737 he was appointed preceptor at the Révkomár... Read More

Doleschall Louis Charles

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* Vágújhely, July 15, 1827 – † Ambon/Indonesia, May 1859 / physician, entomologist ; ; He completed his secondary schooling in Modor, Bratislava, and studied medicine at the University of Vienna. He worked in a Dutch colony, the East Indies (present-day Indonesia), where he prima... Read More

John Lipszky

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* Vágszállás/Szedlicsna, April 10, 1766 – † Vágszállás, May 2, 1826 / cartographer, military officer ; ; He completed his secondary education between 1776 and 1782 at the Losonc ref. school, the Piarists in Trenčín and the Evangelical Gymnasium in Bratislava. He entered the milit... Read More