Gertrud Szabolcsi (26 January 1923, in Oradea,

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– 28 March 1993, in Budapest,

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) was a

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. Her research centered on the structure and function of

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s. She was a member of the

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. She was First Lady of Hungary as the second wife of

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, the last Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from 1988 until 1989. She and her husband received the 41st president of the

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and his wife,

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who visited Hungary on 12 July 1989. Her daughter from her first marriage is linguist

Anna Szabolcsi Anna Szabolcsi (//) is a linguist whose research has focused on semantics, syntax, and the syntax–semantics interface. She was born and educated in Hungary, and received her Ph.D. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. She is curren ...

Selected works

* P Friedrich, L Polgár, G Szabolcsi, 1964. Effect of Photo-oxidation on Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase. nature.com * T Devenyi, P Elodi, T Keleti, G Szabolcsi, 1969. Strukturelle Grundlagen der Biologischen Funktion der Proteine. Akadémiai Kiadó. * B Szajani, M Sajgo, E Biszku, P Friedrich, G Szabolcsi, 1970. Identification of a cysteinyl residue involved in the activity of rabbit muscle aldolase. European Journal of Biochemistry. * E Biszku, M Sajgo, M Solti, G Szabolcsi, 1973. On the mechanism of formation of a partially active aldolase by tryptic digestion. European Journal of Biochemistry. * T Devenyi, K. Bocsa, F Kovats, S Pongor, G Szabolcsi, M Such, 1983. Method of modifying the conformation of food and feed proteins. US Patent. * G Szabolcsi, 1991. Enzimes Analizis. Akadémiai Kiadó.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szabolcsi, Gertrud Hungarian biochemists Women biochemists Hungarian women chemists 1923 births 1993 deaths Hungarian women scientists 20th-century women scientists First ladies of Hungary Romanian emigrants to Hungary