About János György Szilágyi
Lived 1918 – 2016 (aged 97). János György Szilágyi was a Hungarian art historian, archaeologist, historian, non-fiction writer, museologist and classical philologist.
János György Szilágyi (16 July 1918 – 7 January 2016) was a Hungarian historian who was a specialist in ancient drama and Greek art. He was born in Budapest. In 2011 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. He died at the age of 97 in 2016.
Selected publications Ancient art. Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2003. In search of Pelasgian ancestors: The 1861 Hungarian excavations in the Apennines. Atlantisz, Budapest, 2004.
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Hungarian historian (1918–2016)
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János György Szilágyi was born on 16 July 1918 in Budapest.
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János György Szilágyi died on 7 January 2016 in Budapest.
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János György Szilágyi was an art historian, archaeologist, historian, non-fiction writer, museologist and classical philologist.
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