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Béla Tormay
(1839-1906)
 PLACE: Budapest,István út 2.
Department of Animal Breeding

PHOTO: Gábot Hajdu

his photo * his portrait (Dept. of Nutrition) * his portrait (Dept. of Reproduction) * his statue * his tablet (Szekszárd) * his tablet (Szekszárd)

Béla Tormay (1839-1906) was an agronomist, veterinarian, counsellor of the minister, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, head of the Department of Animal Breeding from 1873 to 1888, director of the Hungarian Royal Veterinary College from 1875 to 1888, lecturer in obstetrics and reproductive biology (1875-1882). He was a great pioneer of Hungarian animal breeding, animal health and agriculture.
There is a portrait of Béla Tormay in the teacher's room of the Department of Animal Breeding as well the painter of which is unknown. (MMJ)

References:
Tormay Béla emlékünnepségek. = Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 1966. 2l. (10.) 474.
A "Magyarországi állatorvos-egylet" megalapításának centenáriuma. / Karasszon D.: A magyar állategészségügy nagyjai. Tormay Béla (1839-1906). = Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 1980. 35. (10.) 795-802.
Megemlékezések Tormay Béla tanárunk születésének 150. évfordulóján. /Patonai I.: Emlékbeszéd. : MAGYAR ÁLLATORVOSOK LAPJA, 1989. 44. (10.) 635-640
Korzenszky E.- Kováts J.: 90 éve hunyt el Tormay Béla. = Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 1997. 119. (3.) 182-183.