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József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány

József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány rather than just read about it. In short: József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány (3 November 1910 – 8 June 1988) was a Hungarian entomologist who specialized in the Lepidoptera. He worked as a curator of the Hungarian National Museum from 1936 to 1945 before emigrating to Australia.

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Reference excerpt

József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány (3 November 1910 – 8 June 1988) was a Hungarian entomologist who specialized in the Lepidoptera. He worked as a curator of the Hungarian National Museum from 1936 to 1945 before emigrating to Australia. He founded the journal Fragmenta Faunistica Hungarica which was edited by Soós Árpád until 1948 when it was renamed as Folia entomologica hungarica. Szent-Ivány was born in Budapest matriculating in Rimaszombat followed by studies in Vienna, Austria before returning to Budapest. He obtained a doctorate from the Royal Hungarian University in 1936. He used the name Gyula Hubertus since his father József Szent-Ivány (1894–1941) came from a noble land-owning class and was a political leader in Czechoslovakia. He was married to Mária née Lakatos (1919–2012) who also worked in the museum and was an illustrator and specimen preparator. His father-in-law, Géza Lakatos (1890–1967), was in the Hungarian Army and later became Prime Minister of Hungary. During the war he transferred the collections at his own expense from Budapest to Tihany. He moved to western Europe when the Russians invaded Hungary and in the summer of 1950 he decided to emigrate to Australia. He set up a research station in Konedobu in eastern Papua New Guinea in 1954 and worked on rearing and protection of birdwing butterflies, especially Ornithoptera meridionalis which was valuable among collectors. His wife moved to Australia in 1956 along with a daughter. Maria took an interest in Australian botany, illustrating a book on Solanum. He was involved in the search for the grave of Sámuel Fenichel at Stephansort in the 1970s. Szent-Ivány published more than 87 papers of which more than half were on butterflies. He translated In Quest of Gorillas (Gregory & Raven, 1937) into Hungarian in 1940. Despite moving to Australia, he was a proud Hungarian and his ex-libris included a portrait of Lajos Bíró. He received the Order of Australia (AM) from Queen Elizabeth II in 1985. He was made a Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1988, a few days before his death in Adelaide. He bequeathed his library and collections to the Hungarian Museum of Natural History in Budapest.

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External links Grave at Athelstone Independent Cemetery, Adelaide

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány

In research: József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: József Gyula Hubertus Szent-Ivány is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910 births, 1988 deaths, 20th-century Hungarian zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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