István Hajnal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

István Hajnal

Hungarian historian and palaeographer

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1892

Place of Birth: Kikinda, Vojvodina, Serbia

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1956

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

István Hajnal (3 July 1892 – 16 June 1956) was a Hungarian social historian and palaeographer.
Hajnal has been characterised as "perhaps the most prominent Hungarian palaeographer of [the twentieth] century." He had wide-ranging interests in medieval and modern history, including the history of technology, the history of communication, and the relation of history to sociology.