Bárány, Nándor Kisbér, 1899.05.31. - 1977.10.06., Budapest
The largest Hungarian figure of theoretical and practical optical design and literature, engineer, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (b. 1953), Kossuth Prize winner (1951), amateur painter and internationally successful photographer. At the age of seventeen he won his first prize for his spectral analysis at the Székesfehérvár College.
1917: called for military service
He was a member of the Red Army during the Soviet Republic.
1923: enrolled at the Budapest University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, graduated in 1928
Until 1945: he was an optical researcher at Süss Nándor Precision Mechanics Institute, later at the Hungarian Optical Works
1931: Constructed a soft-cut lens system, which was marketed by HAFA under the name Hafár
from 1947: designed small film cameras and microscopes
1949: has been commissioned to develop the Optical Research Laboratory
from 1954: associate professor at the Technical University of Budapest, from 1956 a professor, from 1957 a professor at the Department of Fine Mechanics and Optics at the University, a pioneer of applied optics in Hungary
1967: retired
from 1974: was co-editor of the Scientific Journal of Fine Mechanics- Mikrotechnika
from 1931: his articles appear in various photographic magazines, such as Amatőr, Fotóművészeti Hírek,Fotóéletés a Fotóművészet
1931-1939: has won 18 prizes at his exhibitions and competitions at home and abroad
He was anxious to experiment with the new photographic approach, one of the first representatives of new objectivity in Hungary.
From 1961: painted cubist-style pictures
Honors:1951: Kossuth Prize, 1953: Red Cross Order of Merit, 1955: Order of Merit for Excellent Service
Works:Theory and Practice of Optical Instruments I-VI., Budapest, 1947-56; Introduction to the theory of optical instruments, with particular reference to military telescope instruments and rangefinders Budapest, 1932; Optimechanical Instruments (together with László Mitnyán), Budapest, 1961; The vision. Human eye and light-catching organs Budapest, 1963; Optical Metering Budapest, 1966; Fine mechanics, optics (ed.), Budapest, 1961; Manual of Fine Mechanics (ed.), Budapest, 1974.
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