Social:Polányi

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Polányi, Polanyi is a surname. There have been a number of prominent individuals in the Polanyi family, illustrated in the following family tree:

  • Adolf Pollacsek (1820–1871) ∞ Zsófia Schlesinger
    • Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Bánhegy (Dluha) – January 10, 1905), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads
      ∞ (1881 in Warsaw) Cecília Wohl (Hungarian: Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília, French: Cécile Wohl; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest[1][2]
      • Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957),[1] ∞ Sándor Striker
        • Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
      • Adolf Polányi[1]
      • Karl Paul Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi Károly, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of The Great Transformation
        ∞ Ilona Duczyńska
        • Kari Polanyi Levitt (born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University[3]
      • Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi[1]
      • Michael Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi Mihály; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist
        ∞ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
        • John Charles Polanyi (born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
      • Paul (Pál) Polányi[1]
    • Lujza Pollacsek
      • Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)[4]
    • Vilma Pollacsek
      • Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
      • Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary

Other

The name is also referenced in:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Szapor, Judit (1997), "Laura Polanyi 1882–1957: Narratives of a Life", Polanyiana 6 (2), http://www.kfki.hu/chemonet/polanyi/9702/szapor.html, retrieved 2012-03-08 
  2. Kenyeres, Ágnes, ed. (2001), "Polacsek Mihályné, Cecília Wohl" (in Hungarian), Magyar életrajzi lexikon (1000–1990), Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis Kft., http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/index.htm, retrieved 2012-03-08 
  3. Kari Polanyi Levitt: Biography, http://www.karipolanyilevitt.com/bio.shtm, retrieved 2012-03-08 
  4. About Ervin Szabó

External links

See also

  • Polany (disambiguation)
  • Poľany
  • Polány; Magyarpolány, etc.

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