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Leopold Aschner

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* Assakürt, 27 January 1872 – † Budapest, 18.9. 1952 / technical entrepreneur, industrialist, patron ; ; His father was a general merchant, so he only completed four middle school years, then became a merchant's assistant. After moving to Budapest, in 1896 he joined the Egger Bél... Read More

Charles Bátky

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* Beje, 1794 – † Kecskemét, April 30, 1859 / teacher, pedagogical writer ; ; One of the pioneers of the teaching of reading and writing. In teaching speaking and reasoning exercises, he followed Diesterweg's methods. He was also concerned with the problems of flood protection, to... Read More

Antal Szilard Stöhr

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* Beje, January 31, 1841 – † Košice, September 27, 1909 / teacher, church writer, historian ; ; He completed his secondary school studies at the Premontre Gymnasium in Rožňava (1858), studied theology in Jászón and entered the Premontre Order of Canons, and took the teaching exam... Read More

Stephen Batta

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* Beje, July 12, 1882 – † Sárospatak, July 30, 1926 / secondary school teacher specializing in mathematics and physics, high school principal, university private tutor ; ; His father, György Batta, was a pastor. István Batta completed his elementary school education at the Berzét... Read More

Erno Csizmadia

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* Beje, February 10, 1924 – † Budapest, November 14, 1984 / agricultural economist, politician, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He graduated from the Budapest University of Economics in 1950. In 1950–1956, he was an associate professor at the... Read More

John Fleischhacker

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* Galgóc, March 20, 1740 – † Ürmény, January 17, 1803 / lawyer, law academy teacher ; ; After completing his law studies, he was a tutor at the Theresianum in Vienna, then became the estate prosecutor of the Count Zichy family. From 1777 he was a private law professor at the Nagy... Read More

George Handerla

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* Nagyszombat, around 1750 – † Galgóc, May 9, 1796 / parish priest, beekeeping specialist ; ; He completed his studies in Nagyszombat. In September 1776 he became a parish priest in Hrachovisté in Carniola (now Slovenia), from where he moved first to Udvarnok and then to Galgóc i... Read More

Bela Bartakovics

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* Felsőelefánt, 10 April 1792 – † Eger, 30 May 1873 / Archbishop of Eger, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; After completing his high school studies, he studied as a student priest at the Emericanum in Bratislava. In 1808–1809, he studied philosophy in Nagyszombat, ... Read More

Paul Sporzon

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* Galgóc, January 12, 1831 – † Magyaróvár, March 27, 1917 / agricultural writer ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Nagyszombat and Bratislava, then he was a student at the Bratislava Law Academy, after which he studied law and humanities in Vienna. In 1854–1856 he g... Read More

Laszlo Telegdy-Kováts

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* Galgóc, December 5, 1902 – † Budapest, May 11, 1987 / chemical engineer, university professor ; ; He graduated from the Nitra gymnasium in 1919. He obtained an engineering degree from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology in 1925. Sigmond ... Read More