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University of Budapest

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE), founded 1636 in Trnava, Slovakia, and relocated 1777 to Buda after the dissolution of the Jesuits. In Pest since 1784.

Location:
Budapest, Hungary

Founding Date:
1636

Motto:
Universitas Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominata

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.elte.hu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Georg von Békésy
Scientist
3-Jun-1899 13-Jun-1972 Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
Victor L. Berger
Politician
28-Feb-1860 7-Aug-1929 Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
André de Toth
Film Director
15-May-1912 27-Oct-2002 House of Wax
John C. Harsanyi
Economist
29-May-1920 9-Aug-2000 Game theory
George de Hevesy
Chemist
1-Aug-1885 5-Jul-1966 Radioisotope researcher
Oscár Jászi
Sociologist
2-Mar-1875 13-Feb-1957 The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy
Zoltán Kodály
Composer
16-Dec-1882 6-Mar-1967 Psalmus Hungaricus
Philipp Lenard
Physicist
7-Jun-1862 20-May-1947 Investigations of cathode rays
Karl Mannheim
Sociologist
27-Mar-1893 9-Jan-1947 Ideology and Utopia
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
21-Jan-1898 27-Oct-1964 When Worlds Collide
Karl Polanyi
Scholar
25-Oct-1886 23-Apr-1964 The Great Transformation
Fritz Reiner
Conductor
19-Dec-1888 15-Nov-1963 Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scientist
16-Sep-1893 22-Oct-1986 Vitamins C and B2
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Historian
31-Jul-1909 26-May-1999 Conservative ideologue
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Georg von Békésy
Scientist
3-Jun-1899 13-Jun-1972 Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
John C. Harsanyi
Economist
29-May-1920 9-Aug-2000 Game theory

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scientist
16-Sep-1893 22-Oct-1986 Vitamins C and B2


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