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István Petróczy

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* Garancspetróc, January 3, 1876 – † Budapest, August 9, 1957 / flight officer, inventor, the first Hungarian military pilot ; ; Descendant of an old noble family, his father, Pál Petróczy, was a landowner in Garancspetróc. In 1885–1889 he studied at the military secondary school... Read More

Dezso Nitra

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* Iske, March 8, 1905 – † Bratislava, June 11, 1979 / Reformed priest, local historian, ethnographer ; ; He completed high school in Prešov and Reformed theology in Sárospatak. He was a Reformed pastor in Tusán, Magyarbőd, and then in Dunaradvány. In the 1930s, he published in Re... Read More

Satala Ödön

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* Görbeszeg, February 5, 1889 – † Budapest, June 27, 1958 / botanist, seed tester, lichenologist ; ; He completed his high school studies partly in Ungvárot and partly in Munkács. He studied natural history at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest. From 1913 he ... Read More

Louis Flames

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* Káposztafalva, July 14, 1888 – † Miskolc, November 23, 1959 / forest engineer, inventor ; ; He obtained a forest engineering diploma from the Mining and Forestry Academy in Selmecbánya in 1911. After several decades of private engineering activity, he was the chief engineer of ... Read More

Bertalan Lanyi

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* Hibbe, March 21, 1851 – † Budapest, February 15, 1921 / jurist, politician, newspaper founder ; ; He completed his school studies in Liptóújvár, Késmárk, Miskolc, Igló and Eperjes. He passed the bar exam in 1873, and worked as a court judge in Rimaszombat between 1884 and 1889.... Read More

Augustine Trefort

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* Homonna, 6 February 1817 – † Budapest, 22 August 1888 / cultural politician, publicist, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; His family was of Walloon origin, his grandfather, a military doctor, settled in Hungary. His father, Ignác Trefort (1770–1831), born in Pr... Read More

Adolf Pechany

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* Illava, February 15, 1859 – † Budapest, June 15, 1942 / doctor of philosophy, college teacher ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Znióváralján, Trenčín and Nyírháza. In 1876 he studied philosophy at the University of Budapest. In 1880 he obtained a teaching certifi... Read More

Michael Kmosko

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* Illava, August 29, 1876 – † Pusztazámor, April 8, 1931 / orientalist, classical philologist, religious historian, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He graduated from the Piarist Gymnasium in Trenčín in 1893. In 1893–1897 he studied theology at the Pa... Read More

Imre Pattantyús-Abraham

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* Illava, August 26, 1891 – † Budapest, January 30, 1956 / smelting engineer, university professor ; ; His father, Márton Pattantyús-Ábrahám (Zilah, May 25, 1857 – Trenčín, July 28, 1931), was a doctor at the Illava prison between 1889 and 1923, and his mother, Ilona Pöschl, was ... Read More

Geza Gallik

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* Košice, 24 June 1848 – † Košice, 1900 / pharmacist ; ; son of András Gallik (Berzéte). He completed his secondary school studies in Prešov and Rimaszombat. He studied pharmacy in Vienna, Berlin and Bonn. Between 1873 and 1882 he was a pharmacy owner in Sátoraljaújhely, and from... Read More