Péter Nagy: Scholar and Professor, Litterateur, Church-reorganizer Bishop

This article commemorates Péter Nagy at the 200th anniversary of his birth. Péter Nagy was the son of a tailor in Cluj/Kolozsvár and became one of the greatest Calvinist bishops. He studied at the Calvinist College of Kolozsvár and later at Göttingen University. In 1841 he was elected minister of the Reformed community from Cluj/Kolozsvár. He became a teacher of biology and later of theology at the Calvinist College. He translated many literary volumes from English and French. Nagy had an important role in founding the Transylvanian Museum Society, of which he was elected vice-president in 1869. He was also a member of the Hungarian Parliament. In 1866 he was promoted as bishop in his church. He was an excellent preacher and the reorganizer of the Transylvanian Reformed Church.