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Debreczy, Zs.: In memoriam Dr. Vera Csapody (1890-1985)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATION ALIS HUNGARICI Tomus78. Budapest, 1986 p. 5-9. In memóriám Dr. Vera Csapody (1890—1985) by Zs. DEBRECZY, Budapest On the night of 6th November, 1985 the outstanding representative of Hungarian botanical illustration, VERA CSAPODY passed away. She was born in 1890 in Budapest, into a family of doctors and artists. Her father was a well-known eyespecialist and an expert on natural sciences at the same time. Her mother was the daughter of the composer GÉZA ALLAGA. AS the eldest of eight children, she was first taught by a governess. She matriculated from a state secondary school with excellent marks (1908). The same year she entered the Péter Pázmány University of Budapest, becoming one of the first female stuDr. Vera Csapody on her 95th birthday (29th of March, 1985) (photo I. RÁcz)