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August Greguss

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* Prešov, 27 April 1825 – † Budapest, 13 December 1882 / aesthete, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; son of the historian Mihály Greguss (1793–1838). He began his schooling in his hometown and continued in Bratislava from the age of eight. When his father died in 18... Read More

Tivadar Fuchs

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* Prešov, September 15, 1842 – † Steinach am Brenner/Austria, October 5, 1925 / mineralogist, museum director ; ; son of Albert Fuchs (Lőcse), brother of Károly Henrik Fuchs (®Bratislava). He completed his high school studies in Bratislava. He initially studied medicine at the un... Read More

Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry

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* Prešov, March 23, 1837 – † Budapest, July 2, 1916 / economist ; ; After completing his secondary school studies, he entered the merchant's profession. Between 1854 and 1862, he worked abroad, for the longest time at a grain merchant and shipping company in Danzig. From 1862, he... Read More

Gyula Klein

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* Prešov, 5 May 1844 – † Budapest, 21 November 1915 / botanist, mycologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his high school studies in Levoča, and between 1864 and 1867 he attended lectures on natural sciences, mainly botany, at the University of Vien... Read More

István Maleter

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Prešov, 17 April 1870 – † Pécs, 16 December 1933 / jurist, newspaper editor, academic teacher. ; ; He graduated from the Bratislava Lutheran Lyceum and obtained a doctorate in political science from the Pécs Law Academy in 1905. In 1905, he was also the mayor of Košice for a shor... Read More

Kornél Divald

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* Eperjes, 21 May 1872 – † Budapest, 24 March 1931 / art historian, museologist, art critic, photographer, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Károly Divald (1830–1897) was the son of a pharmacist and photographer (Selmecbánya). He was fond of photograph... Read More

Nicholas Dubay

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* Prešov, December 10, 1844 – † Budapest, July 1899 / doctor of medicine, specialist in metallotherapy ; ; His father, György Dubay, was an Evangelical pastor. He began his schooling in Košice, but lost his father early, so he was sent to the orphanage in Uzhhorod. He finished hi... Read More

Gyula Elischer

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* Prešov, 15 October 1846 – † Budapest, 28 September 1909 / gynecologist, art collector ; ; The Elischer family settled in the Szépesség in the 13th century. They were originally called Oelloescher, which means oil extinguisher – they were experts in the production of the oil mix... Read More

John Csontosi

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* Prešov, 26 October 1846 – † Budapest, 25 October 1918 / librarian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; Between 1863 and 1867 he studied theology in Esztergom and Nagyszombat, and was ordained a priest in 1869. Between 1869 and 1871 he was a chaplain in Ipolynyék and... Read More

Nicholas Fischer

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* Prešov, December 18, 1855 – † Igló, September 24, 1930 / mathematics and physics teacher, High Tatras researcher; ; He graduated from high school in his hometown in 1875 and took the teaching exam in mathematics and physics at the University of Budapest in 1879. Between 1880 an... Read More