Memorial plaque to the Hungarian scientist and foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Geza Feher (1890-1955) was unveiled today in front of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia. The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, and the Ambassador of Hungary to Bulgaria H.E. Miklós Boros attended the event. Geza Feher is considered to be one of the founders of Proto-Bulgarian history. Thanks to his scientific works, our history has come to the fore of other nations, said Prof. Revalski.
H.E. Miklós Boros recalled that Prof. Geza Feher was the founder of the Bulgarian-Hungarian Society which united representatives of the two nations in Sofia. He added that today’s event takes place on the eve of the Day of Bulgarian-Hungarian Friendship which is celebrated on 19 October.
Prof. Penka Peykovska from the Institute of Historical Studies of BAS presented the scientific activity of Prof. Feher.
Géza Fehér was born on August 4, 1890. He worked in Bulgaria from 1921 to 1944. He was a member of the Bulgarian Archaeological Society from 1924 and a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1943). He is one of the founders of the Proto-Bulgarian studies. He took part in the archaeological excavations in Aboba-Pliska, Preslav, Mumdzhilar, Enidze. He mainly studied the Madara Horseman. His scientific work from the interwar period is devoted to the Proto-Bulgarian culture, deciphering the inscription on the Madara relief and the historical links between the Proto-Bulgarians and the Old Magyars. With his scientific works, published in Bulgarian, Hungarian, German and French, he has made an outstanding contribution to the creation in Europe of a wide public interest in the Proto-Bulgarians.
