Gyula Kristó

Gyula Kristó
Born(1939-07-11)11 July 1939
Died24 January 2004(2004-01-24) (aged 64)
OccupationHistorian
AwardsAlbert Szentgyörgyi Prize (1994)

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

Life[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

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

Works[edit]

  • A vármegyerendszer kialakulása Magyarországon [The Development of the Counties in Hungary] (1988)
  • A magyar állam megszületése [The Birth of the Hungarian State]

Sources[edit]

  • Nótári, Tamás (2004-04-16). "Kristó Gyula emlékezete". Jogelméleti Szemle (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2015-04-09.