Gyula Kristó (11 July 1939 – 24 January 2004) was a Hungarian historian and medievalist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Gyula Kristó
Born(1939-07-11)11 July 1939
Died24 January 2004(2004-01-24) (aged 64)
OccupationHistorian
AwardsAlbert Szentgyörgyi Prize (1994)

Life edit

Gyula Kristó was born in Orosháza on 11 July 1939. He studied at the József Attila University Szeged between 1957 and 1962.

Awards edit

  • For the 1300-Year-Old Bulgaria (1981)
  • Albert Szentgyörgyi Prize (1994)

Works edit

  • A vármegyerendszer kialakulása Magyarországon [The Development of the Counties in Hungary] (1988)
  • A magyar állam megszületése [The Birth of the Hungarian State]

Sources edit

  • Nótári, Tamás (2004-04-16). "Kristó Gyula emlékezete". Jogelméleti Szemle (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2015-04-09.