Richard Marsina
| Prof. PhDr. Richard Marsina DrSc. | |
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| Born |
1923 Šahy |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Fields | Medieval history |
Richard Marsina (4 May 1923, Šahy, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak historian, one of founders of modern Slovak histography and a prominent expert on medieval history of Slovakia.[1] His scientific activities include research and publication of medieval sources, research of the oldest settlements in Slovakia, medieval towns, history of Great Moravia, Christianisation of Slovakia and of the Kingdom of Hungary and the oldest history of the Bishopric of Nitra. He worked in leading position at various scientific institutions like Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Slovak Society for the History, Scientific Board for Historical Sciences, Trnava University in Trnava, Department of the History at Matica slovenská and others. In 1960's he also worked at the research institute of SAS in Budapest, he was the secretary of the Czechoslovak section of the joined Czech-Slovak-Hungarian historical commission (1960 – 1965, 1971 – 1983) and the secretary of board of experts at the commission on the sharing of the cultural heritage with the Hungarian People's Republic (1965 – 1968).
Awards
- State award "For excellent work" (Czechoslovak government)
- Križko's medal for merit in archival science
- Sasinek's medal for merit in archival science
- Silver and gold plaque of Ľudovít Štúr in social sciences (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
- Gold medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Medal of István Széchényi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- Medal of Štefan Moyses
- Pribina Cross, III. class (President of the Slovak Republic)
- Award of Ľudovít Novák in social sciences ex aequo
- Gold Medal of the Trnava University in Trnava
- Award of Daniel Rapant
- Honorary citizen of the town Žilina
References
- ↑ Dvořák, Pavel: Stopy dávnej minulosti 3, 2004 - str. 288
External links
- Richard Marsina at the official web pages of the Trnava University (Slovak)
- Richard Marsina at databazeknih.cz (Slovak)
- Richard Marsina at osobnosti.sk (Slovak)