Background
Pécsi, Márton was born on December 29, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Dani and Róza (Simon) Pécsi.
Pécsi, Márton was born on December 29, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Dani and Róza (Simon) Pécsi.
Doctor of Philosophy, Pazmany Peter University, Budapest, 1948. Candidate geografic science, Hungary Academy of Sciences, 1958. Doctor of Science of Geography, Hungary Academy of Sciences, 1962.
Assistant geography department Pazmany Peter University, Budapest, 1949-1954. Researcher, director Institute of Geography Hungary Academy of Sciences, 1954-1958, 63-90. Associate professor geography Eotvos L. University, 1958-1962, professor, since 1966.
Research professor Geography Institute Hungary Academy of Sciences, since 1991.
Editor-in-chief Geography Bulletin of Hungarian Geography Society, 1958-1990, (series) Studies in Geography in Hungary, since 1964. Co-author, editor: Landscapes of Hungary, 6 vols., 1967-1988, National Atlas of Hungary, 1989 (Szechenyi prize, 1990).Author: Quaternary and Loessresearch, 1993 (award 1995), Landform Evolution of Hungary, 1999.
Editor Board six international geographical periodicals. Hungarian Academy, of Sciences Research Institute of Geography since 1952. Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 1965, Full member since 1976.
Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften since 1981, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle 1985, Academy, of Sciences of Slovenia, Academy Scientiarium Gottingensis since 1989. Several national geographic societies. Institute Union for Quaternary Research INQUA.
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Married Éva Donáth, July 18, 1954. 1 child, Dora.