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Sándor Bálint

Hungarian ethnographer
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Hungarian form:
Bálint Sándor
Born:
Aug. 1, 1904, Szeged, Hung.
Died:
May 10, 1980, Budapest (aged 75)
Subjects Of Study:
Great Alfold
Szeged
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Sándor Bálint (born Aug. 1, 1904, Szeged, Hung.—died May 10, 1980, Budapest) was a Hungarian ethnographer and eminent researcher on sacral ethnology and popular Roman Catholic traditions. Bálint completed his studies at Szeged University, then taught at the teacher-training institute from 1931 to 1947. He was a professor of ethnography at Szeged University from 1947 to 1951 and again from 1957 to 1966. (For political reasons, he was forbidden to teach between 1951 and 1956.) The leading subjects of his research were the folk culture of the Great Alfold area and the cultural history of the town of Szeged. His ...(100 of 257 words)

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