Gyula Kristó

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

Gyula Kristó
Born	(1939-07-11)11 July 1939 Orosháza, Hungary
Died	24 January 2004(2004-01-24) (aged 64) Szeged, Hungary
Occupation	Historian
Awards	Albert Szentgyörgyi Prize (1994)

The native form of this personal name is Kristó Gyula. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Life

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

Awards

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

Works

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

Sources

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