Acta Papensia 2007 - A Pápai Református Gyűjtemények Közleményei 7. évfolyam (Pápa, 2007)
1-2. szám - Műhely - Sárközi Gabriella: Magyarországi diákok az angol és skót egyetemeken (1789–1914)
Műhely Scotland too. Owing to the fact that there were Hungarians who studied medical science in England, they acquainted Hungary with new scientific achievements. Those who became the masters of English language found employment in diplomacy or they became interpreters and translators. As a result of their works, the writings of Darwin, John Stuart Mill and Shakespeare could be read in Hungarian. Those who got job in connection with politics or law, examined the Anglo-Saxon system of law and the English parliamentarism. They wrote books about the comparison of the Hungarian and English system of government, also about the international law... etc. Among the Hungarian engineers Andrew Veress who finished his studies in England took part in building the first Romanian railway. What is more, the botanist, paleontologist and mineralogist Elek Pávai Vajna, who originated from Transylvania, studied natural sciencies in England. On top of all, the famous Asia-scientist Aurel Stein studied in England too. Thanked to other students who were engaged in horticulture the English style of parks became known in Hungary. As a conclusion I would like to summarise my experiences. The revealed data shows that the major part of Hungarian students who studied in England and Scotland, were Reformed theological men students who studied with the aid of foreign foundations after 1860. Without a scholarship it was hard to get to England and Scotland, because of the distance and the other reason was that the University of Cambridge and Oxford were elite schools and too expensive for Hungarians. In these schools the members of Hungarian aristocratic families could study like Ziehy s, Batthyány's, Esterházy's and Festetics’s. Thanked to their foreign studies the Hungarian students brought back the new scientific achievements and knowledge from England/Scotland which led to the modernization and scientific renewal of Hungary. (Translated by the author) 120 Acta Papensia VII (2007) 1-2.
