Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi

Hungarian psychologist

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1888

Place of Birth: Kamenín, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 20-May-1971

Profession: psychiatrist, psychologist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hildebrand Dezso Várkonyi (3 August 1888 – 20 May 1971) was a monk and a teacher of Bencés order.
Várkonyi was a respected and well-known Hungarian philosopher, pedagogue and psychologist. He was elected a private teacher at the Magyar Királyi Szent Erzsébet Tudományegyetem (Hungarian Royal Saint Elisabeth University) in Pécs.
Later, between 1929-40 he became the head of Pedagogical and Psychological Instituti on at the University of Szeged.
From 1940 Várkonyi was a professor in Kolozsvár and later in Budapest.