Gyula Kristó (11 July 1939 – 24 January 2004) was a Hungarian historian and medievalist, member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

Life

Gyula Kristó was born in Orosháza on 11 July 1939. He studied at the József Attila University Szeged between 1957 and 1962.

Awards

*For the 1300-Year-Old Bulgaria (1981) *Albert Szentgyörgyi Prize (1994)

Works

*''A vármegyerendszer kialakulása Magyarországon'' he Development of the Counties in Hungary(1988) *''A magyar állam megszületése'' he Birth of the Hungarian State

Sources

* 20th-century Hungarian historians Historians of Hungary Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences University of Szeged alumni 1939 births 2004 deaths People from Orosháza {{Hungary-historian-stub