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Gaál, Antal (Anthony) (Mohács, Hungary, 6 January 1905 - Lima, Peru, 9 November 1975) – Mining engineer. He received his diploma from the Academy of Mining, Metallurgy and Forestry Engineering of Sopron in 1937. After his first employment with the Egercsehi coal mine, he joined the Hungarian-American Oil Company, where he designed an oil loading station at Újudvar, a pumping station at Bázakerettye, and a liquid gas fraction separator plant at Lovászi for the company. Upon his proposal, the Transdanubian Oil Region Section of the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgy Association was formed in 1941. He emigrated to Peru in 1948, and became an employee of a large oil company at Talara. First, he worked as an editor; later, he became the leader of the Planning Division until his retirement. – B: 0883, 1339, T: 7662.

Gaál, Botond (Vámosatya, 27 March 1946 - ) – Theologian of the Reformed Church. He attended the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Debrecen obtaining a batchelor degree in 1970; and from the Reformed Theological Academy of Debrecen, obtained a Degree in Theology in 1976. He studied at the New College of Edinburgh University (1976-1977). He earned his Theologial Doctoral Degree from the Reformed Theological Academy of Debrecen (1985). He studied as Research Fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ, (1991-1992 and in 1999). He taught Mathematics and Physics at the Reformed College, Debrecen (1970), was Dean of the College (1977-1987); Dean (1987-1991), and Professor of Dogmatics at the Reformed Theological Academy of Debrecen in 1987; President of the College from 1987-1992; Dean of the Academy from 1988-1992 and 1994-1995; President of the University Association in Debrecen (1994-1995). He was Secretary-General of the Regional Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1993-1999). He is a regular member of the General Assembly of the Reformed Church in Hungary; a member of the Presidency of the World Council of Hungarian Professors (from 2000); a member (elected from outside) of the Doctoral Council of Debrecen University, belonging to the State (from 2004). He is a member of a number of learned societies. In 1993 he became founder and leader of a special institution for the study of Science and Theology called Steven Hatvani Theological Research Center. His field of research: the application of theology and the study of the relationship between the natural sciences and theology. He published a great number of essays and articles. His works include Space, Time and the Word (Tér, idő és az Ige) (1985) and Teaching and Application of the Natural Sciences at the Debrecen Reformed College (A természettudományok oktatása és művelése a Debreceni Kollégiumban). – B: 0874, 1652, T: 7617, 7103.→ Debrecen, Reformed College.

Gaál Ferenc (Francis) (Debrecen, 1881 - Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1956) – Painter. He studied at the Budapest Art School. He was a student of Ede (Ed) Balló, Aladár Edvi Illés and István (Stephen) Bosznay. He spent a considerable time at the Artist Colony of Szolnok. He was a painter of naturalistic landscape and composition painter. He went on study trips to Germany and France and exhibited in Budapest (1923) and in Amsterdam (1925). His lifework includes Self-Portrait (Önarckép); In a Room (Szobában); In the Park (A Parkban) and Contemplating (Merengés). He was awarded the Izidor Halmos Prize and the Casino Prize of Lipótváros, Budapest. – B: 0935, T: 7103.→Edvi Illés, Aladár.

Gaál, Franciska (Frances) (Budapest, 1 February 1904 - New York, USA, 2 January 1973) – Actress. She graduated from the School of the National Union Actors in 1919. Her first stage appearance was in 1920 at the Theater of Eskü Square, Budapest. From 1921 and 1922 she was a member of Budapest’s Inner City Theater (Belvárosi Színház) and the Hungarian Theater (Magyar Színház). The latter venue saw her first memorable success in the play Ibolya by Ferenc Molnár, who wrote the leading female role for her. From 1923 on, she performed primarily at the Comedy Theater (Vígszínház), where she always captivated her audience with her charming performances of mischievous characters, often assuming a characteristic naïve or French accent. Her talent was also noticed abroad and she was successful in silent films. The arrival of the sound motion picture made her one of the first international film stars from Hungary. In the early 1930s, she filmed in Vienna, Berlin and Budapest. Between 1937 and 1940, she appeared with international celebrities in Hollywood films. During World War II, she lived in Hungary but returned to the USA in 1946, where she continued to accept film roles, while teaching at the School of Acting in New York. Her major theater roles include Mari in Mikszáth-Harsányi’s The Noszty Boy’s Affair with Mari Tóth (A Noszty fiú esete Tóth Marival); Ida in Gárdonyi-Emőd-Rezső’s Ida’s Story (Ida regénye); Anja in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard (Cseresznyéskert), and Elis in Shaw’s Pygmalion. Her main feature film roles are Csibi, (1934); Spring Parade (Tavaszi parádé) (1935), and Little Miss Pirate (Kalózkisasszony) (1938). – B: 0883, 1427, T: 7667.

Gaál, Gábor (Gabriel) (Budapest, 8 March 1891 - Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 13 August 1954) – Hungarian writer and sociologist in Romania. He received his teacher’s diploma in Budapest. During his student years, he joined the circle of philosopher, György (George) Lukács. He participated in World War I. After the “Aster’ Revolution” in 1918, he obtained a position at the Educational Committee. After the fall of the Communist Regime he moved to Vienna; later moved on to Berlin in 1922. There he worked as a dramaturgist for the film enterprise of Sándor (Alexander) Korda. In 1925, he returned to Hungary and was arrested; but escaped and returned to Vienna. In 1926 he moved to Kolozsvár, where he became Co-Editor of the newspaper Our Age (Korunk). In 1940, the paper was banned. During World War II, he served in the Hungarian army. After the War, he edited the periodical Our Way (Útunk), and took part in organizing a Hungarian literary life in Romania. He started publishing the works of Hungarian classical writers in a series called Progressive Traditions (Haladó hagyományok). He was an important representative of Hungarian Marxist literature in Romania. He lectured on Philosophy and History of Literature at the University of Kolozsvár. Some of his works are Reality and Literature (Valóság és irodalom) (1950); Selected Writings (Válogatott írások) (1964-1971) and Letters (Levelek) (1975). – B: 1257, T: 7663.→Lukács, György.

Gaál, Gaszton (Székesfehérvár, 30 November 1868 - Balatonboglár, 26 October 1932) – Landowner, politician. He won a mandate in 1906 with an independence platform, based on 1848 revolutionary sentiments. He remained a staunch protector of agricultural estate-holder interests. After the Council (Soviet) Republic fell in 1919, he was Commissioner of the Counties of Somogy, Tolna and Baranya; then became Lord Lieutenant of Somogy. As a Smallholders’ Party representative, he became a Member of Parliament and was elected its President in 1921. In 1922, he was appointed Vice President of the new ruling United Party (Egység Párt), but withdrew from his post in the same year on account of the Government’s tax policy. In 1926, he founded the Agrarian Party (Agrár Párt). In 1931 he was elected President of the newly re-established Smallholders’ Party (Kisgazda Párt). A Street in Balatonboglár and a Boy Scout Troop bear his name. – B: 0883, 1160, T: 7667.

Gaál, György (George) (Pozsony, now Bratislava, Slovakia, 21 April 1783 - Vienna, 6 November 1844) – Writer. He acquired his university education at Pest and Buda, and was employed by Prince Miklós (Nicholas) Esterházy at Kismarton (1804). The Prince took him to Vienna, where he worked at a German library. He translated works of Hungarian writers into German. Most of his works appeared in German. He initiated the collection of Hungarian folk tales and he published its first collection. His collection of Hungarian proverbs and adages were translated by him and published in German, Latin, Italian, French and English. He was the first to make known Hungarian literature abroad. He published a comparative collection of English, French, Italian, Latin and Hungarian proverbs. His works include Märchen der Magyaren (Fairy-tales of the Magyars) (1822); Sagen und Novellen (Legends and short stories) (1843), and Ungarische Volksmärchen (Hungarian folk-tales). (1857). – B: 0883, 1078, 1257, T: 7103.→Esterházy, Prince Miklós József; Paczolay, Gyula.

Gaál, György Elemér (George Elmer) (Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 16 February 1948 - ) – Literary and cultural historian in Transylvania (Erdély, now in Romania). He graduated in English and Hungarian Languages and Literature at the University of Kolozsvár (1971). He earned a Ph.D. in 1981. He was an English teacher at the Ady-Sincay Secondary School (1971-1975), and an assistant professor at the University of Kolozsvár. Between 1975 and 1982, he taught English at the No. 3 Secondary School. Since 1983, he has taught at the Sámuel Brassai Secondary School, and is an adjunct professor at the Protestant Theological Institute, Kolozsvár. His works include Guide to the Old and New Kolozsvár (Kalauz a régi és az új Kolozsvárhoz) (1992); The Map of the Házsongárd Cemetery (A Házsongárdi temető térképe) (1994), and The Sreet of the Hungarians (Magyarok utcája) (1995). He edited many books, among them On the Land of the Móc (A mócok földjén) by Viktor Aradi (1974); Essays (Esszék) by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978), Sonnets of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare szonettjei) (1991). He is a contributor to many magazines, such as Our Age (Korunk); Our Way (Utunk); Helikon, and Christian Sower (Keresztény Magvető). He is one of the editors of the Hungarian Literary Lexicon in Romania. He is the author of more than 200 articles and essays. He is a member of several literary associations. – B: 1036, 1257, T: 7103.

Gaál, József (Joseph) (dálnoki) (Nagykároly, now Carei, Romania, 12 December 1811 - Pest, 28 February 1866) – Writer, poet. He studied Philosophy and Law at the University of Pest. Even before finishing his studies, he was employed by the Council of the Governor-General. His poems, his historical and satirical writings were published from 1830 on in the periodicals Wreath (Koszorú) and Aurora. He became popular after the presentation of his comedy, The Notary of Peleske (A peleskei nótárius). In 1841, he became a member of the Kisfaludy Association and, in 1848, he was elected as County Recorder in the province of Szatmár; subsequently he became a ministerial secretary. For a period of time in 1849, he was the editor of the publication March Fifteenth (Március Tizenötödike), followed by a stint as a soldier in János (John) Damjanich’s unit. After the defeat of the 1848 War of Independence, he was interned for six years in Arad (now in Romania). Until the end of his life, he worked as a secretary and an educator. With his novels about the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld), he was one of the forerunners of the great lyric poet Sándor (Alexander) Petőfi. – B: 0883, 1257, T: 3240.→Damjanich, János; Petőfi, Sándor.

Gaál, Sándor (Gál) (Alexander) (Csíkszentgyörgy, now Ciucsângeorgiu, Romania, 21 September 1817 - Nocera di Pagani, Italy 17 June 1871) – Officer of the National Defense Guard. A military carrier was his original choice. During his military schooling, he was appointed as instructor; but in 1842, he retired from the Army as a lieutenant. In 1848 he volunteered with the National Army to participate in the War of Independence, and as captain, became the Chief of Staff, first of the Szekler, then of the Háromszék Army Divisions. In December 1848, he was promoted to colonel; and in January of 1849, became the military District Commander of the Szeklerland (Székelyföld, Transylvania), where he enjoyed great popularity. In the fading days of the War, he was promoted to General and, even after the defeat, he held out with his loyal Szeklers. Under the overwhelming pressure of the Czarist army, he retreated to Moldavia, and from there emigrated to the Western Europe. He was active in politics, first in Hamburg, later in London. He was condemned to death in absentia in 1852. He participated in further insurgent activities and prepared a plan for a Szekler uprising. The Turkish government hindered his activities and, at the request of Lajos (Louis) Kossuth, he returned to London. In 1860, he joined the Hungarian Legion of Garibaldi. Later, he clashed with the policy of Piemont and became depressed. – B: 0883, 1428, T: 3233.→Kossuth, Lajos.

Gábor, Andor (Andrew) (Újnéppuszta - Magyarszerdahely, 20 January 1884 - Budapest, 21 January 1953) – Writer, poet, journalist, critic, translator of literary works. His first articles appeared during his university years. From 1910 on, he became successful as a writer of cabaret, comedy, satirical novels and poems. During World War I, he participated in the civil anti-war movement, and in the Democratic Republic as a member of the Cultural Council. His political views grew increasingly leftwing. In 1919, he participated in the proletarian revolution. After the fall of the Council (Soviet) Republic of Hungary in 1919, he moved to Vienna and became a representative of the Communist line at the Viennese Hungarian News (Bécsi Magyar Újság). His writings of the Viennese period are considered classics of Hungarian literary journalism. After living in Austria and France, he settled in Berlin. In 1929, he became a member of the editorial board for the journal Linkskurve. On Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, he relocated to Moscow. From 1938, he was Editor of New Voice (Új Hang), the Hungarian exiles’ literary periodical there. During World War II, his writings focused on inspirational themes of national consciousness and reflections on sentiments in exile. He returned to Hungary in 1945, and worked for the dailies Free People (Szabad Nép); New Word (Uj Szó) and Clarity (Világosság). From 1950 to 1953, he was Editor-in-Chief of the satirical magazine Ludas Matyi (Crafty Matt, the Goose-herd). His main works include the poems Colorful Rhymes (Tarka rimek) (1913); Thirtythree (Harminchárom) (1928), and To My Homeland (Hazámhoz) (1943); plays such as Little Paul (Palika) (1915) and Dollar Daddy (Dollárpapa) (1917); novels such as Seven Butterflies (Hét pillangó) (1918); Faces of the Dead (Halottak arcai) (1922), and Bank Street (Bank utca) (1922). He received the Kossuth Prize (1953). – B: 0883, 1257, T: 7667.→Council (Soviet) Republic of Hungary.

Gábor, Áron (1) (Aaron) (Bereck now Bretcu, Romania, 21 November 1814 - Uzon, now Ozun, Romania, 2 July 1849) – Army officer in the War of Independence of 1848- 1849; the sole founder and Commander of the independent Szekler Artillery. He began his education at the High School of Csíksomlyó (now Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania) where, at a young age, he was much interested in technology. He started his military service with the 2nd Szekler Regiment. In 1840, he served in the 5th Pest Artillery. His request to serve in the bombardier corps was denied and he left the Army. However, in 1842, instead of his younger brother, he volunteered again with the Artillery. His request for further technical study was again denied and he left the Army permanently. He went to Vienna for a few months to study canon-casting technology at the Genie-Corps, as an amateur student, and acquired a few books about the subject. Until 1848, he lived in Moldavia, but he returned to Transylvania (Erdély, now in Romania) upon receiving news about the beginning of the Hungarian War of Independence. On 28 November 1848, he was commissioned by the Szekler National Assembly at Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfintu Gheorge, Romania), to start manufacturing gunpowder and military equipment. He established three plants at Hermány (now Cașolț Romania), Kézdivásárhely (now Târgu Secuiesc, Romania) and Szentkeresztbánya (now Vlăhita, Romania). All of them also produced firearms. In the battle at Hidvég (now Hăghig, Romania) on 29 November 1848, the two of his six-pounder guns were significant factors in the victory over the Austrian Imperial Army. In three months, his plants produced 70 guns, mostly three pounders. His gunpowder and firearms production started to assume great significance. Promoted to major, Lajos (Louis) Kossuth appointed him as Commander of the Szekler artillery. Soon, in the ensuing battle at Kökös, he fell in an artillery barrage. His hastily prepared grave, near Eresztvény, was trampled over by Czarist cavalry and, for a long time, he rested in an unmarked grave, until the nation’s gratitude erected a monument over it. His legendary deeds were preserved in folk songs. – B: 1230, 1297, T: 3233.→Kossuth, Lajos.

Gábor, Áron (2) (Aaron) (Kaposvár, 20 April 1911 - Saarbrücken, Germany, 28 December 1982) – Journalist, writer, lawyer. He received a Law Degree from the University of Budapest in 1933. Subsequently, he joined the staff of an anti-fascist, anti-communist journal, Budapest. During World War II, he reported from the Russian front. A collection of his war correspondence was published in Beyond the Stalin Line (Túl a Sztalin Vonalon) (1941). In 1944, he crossed the front line and joined the new Hungarian Government, established in the Russian-occupied Debrecen. As Secretary General of the Hungarian Red Cross, he recorded the names of a quarter million of Hungarian soldiers and civilians deported to Soviet slave labor camps. The Soviet military authorities arrested and condemned him to death because of his war reports. The sentence was commuted to five years of slave labor and banishment for life in Siberia. After 15 years, he was allowed to return to Hungary; but because of hostile official attitudes, he escaped to the West in 1965. In exile, he wrote his famous trilogy East of Man, (Az Embertől Keletre) (1976); Distorted Freedom, (Szögletes Szabadság) (1968) and Men of Many Centuries (Évszázados Emberek) (1971). In his books he described his arrest and his struggles during banishment. – B&T: 7662.

Gábor, Dénes (Dennis) (Budapest, 5 June 1900 - London, 9 February 1979) – Physicist, inventor. He was born into a Jewish family; at a very early age, he was attracted to physics. After a brief stint as a soldier in 1918, he enrolled in the Budapest Polytechnic. In 1921, he entered the Technische Hochschule in Berlin and acquired a Degree in 1924, his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering in 1927, and subsequently joined Siemens & Halske AG. With the rise of Hitler in 1933, he left Germany and, after a short period in Hungary, he went to England, where he found employment in research at the Thomson-Houston Co. in Rugby, where he stayed for 14 years. He dealt with electron-optical problems and information theory. In an attempt to improve the electron microscope, he developed holography in 1948, making him famous worldwide. For this discovery, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 “for his investigation and development of holography”. His other work is the Theory of Communication, known as “structural” theory. In 1949, he joined the Imperial College of Science & Technology in London, and became Professor of Applied Electron Physics until his retirement in 1967. Together with his assistants, he dealt with numerous problems, among them the elucidation of the “Langmuir Paradox”. They constructed a holographic microscope; a new electron-velocity spectroscope; a flat, thin color television tube, and a new type of thermionic converter. His theoretical work included communication theory, plasma theory, magnetron theory, and a scheme of fusion. He was granted more than 100 patents. He received many honors including Fellow of the Royal Society (1956), Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1964), D.Sc. University of London (1964), Hon. D.Sc. Univ. of Southampton (1970) and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1970). Awards and schools bear his name. – B: 1193, 1031, T: 7103.→Holography.

Gábor, Dzsingisz Jenő (Dzingis Eugene Gabor) (Győr, Hungary, 14 March 1940 - ) – Dutch politician of Hungarian extraction. After World War II, his religious, intellectual family was treated as a political enemy in the Communist era under Rákosi. Forced to leave Hungary after involvement in the 1956 uprising, he settled down in the Netherlands, became the adopted “grandson” of the grandmother of the UN’s Dutch Refugee Commissioner’s, Berman. She sent him to the Jesuit school to complete his secondary education, and then he studied Economy and International Law at the Catholic University of Tilburg. He became a Dutch citizen in 1968, and was employed by the European Agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economy, where he was Under-Secretary in the Shipbuilding Division, at age 28. Finally, he became Head of the Administration at The Hague. A few years later, he was overseer of the City’s largest investment project, working with builders, architects and tourism officials. In 1983, the Queen of the Netherlands appointed him Mayor of the village Haaksbergen. In 1990, he became Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture. In the 1990s, he visited Hungary several times as a political party representative. Following his 1994 election defeat in Holland, he represented the opposition in the Dutch Parliament for four years. In 1998, he was appointed as advisor to the Central and Eastern European Agricultural and Environmental Protection Program and was delegated to Hungary as agricultural attaché of the Dutch Embassy, thereby facilitating Hungary’s entry into the EU. In 2006, the Balassi Kiadó of Budapest published his diary, Half Way to Europe. A Diplomat’s Notes between 1999 and 2005. (Európába – félúton. Egy diplomata feljegyzései 1999-2005). – B: 1031, 1554, T: 3240

Gábor, Miklós (Nicholas) (Zalaegerszeg, 7 April 1919 - Budapest, 2 July 1998) – Actor. He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in 1940. In 1941, he accepted a contract from the Madách Theater (Madách Színház), Budapest. After 1945 until 1954, he played at the National Theater (Nemzeti Szinház), Budapest, mainly in classic roles (School for Wives; Tartuffe; Much Ado About Nothing; Midsummer-Night’s Dream). His dramatic strength first revealed itself in the lead role in Cocteau’s play Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles, Rettenetes szülők). Among his outstanding comic roles were in Gogol’s The Inspector-General (A revizor); in Shaw’s Widowers' Houses (Szerelmi házasság); in Schiller’s Love and Intrigue (Ármány és szerelem); in Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Ahogy tetszik), and Othello. In the Madách Theater he continued the great performances in E. Scribe’s The Glass of Water (Egy pohár víz), and in V. Hugo’s Ruy Blas (A Királyasszony lovagja). Other outstanding interpretations were Jack the Knife (Bicska Maxi) in Brecht-Weill’s Three-Penny Opera (Koldusopera), in Shaw’s Joan of Arc (Szent Johanna), and in Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro. He frequently acted in film, radio and television productions. From 1970 on, he also acted as stage manager. He was an actor with intellectual strength and performed his roles with rich emotion. He discussed the problems of theater interpretation in numerous articles and also in his books, which include With Pen (Tollal) diary (1963), A Cute Genius (Egy csinos zseni), and Limping Freedom (Sánta szabadság) (1987). He was a receipient of the Kossuth Prize (1953), the Milán Füst Prize (1997), and held the title of Artist of Merit and Outstanding Artist (1962, 1967). – B: 0870, 1178, 1257, 1445, T: 7684.


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