Henrik Marczali (1856–1940) was a historian, university professor and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He started his studies at the University of Pest in 1870, and after graduating he became a teacher at the university’s Training School and from 1895 he was appointed a full professor at the university.
Henrik Marczali played an important role in the establishment of professional historiography and the training of historians in Hungary. His life and work were commemorated last year by the Henrik Marczali Research Group at a two-day conference. The papers of which are now available in print in the 2024 issue 2 of the university history journal Per Aspera ad Astra. The volume also includes an essay by Krisztina Tóth, head of the archives, on Henrik Marczali’s university years. The study is available at https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/paaa/index.