Abstract:
This is a biography of Péter Nagy, son of a Cluj/Kolozsvár tailor who became one of the greatest Calvinist bishops of Transylvania. He studied in the Calvinist College, then at Göttingen University. In 1841 he was elected minister of the Calvinist Comunity from Cluj/Kolozsvár. He was also teacher of biology, then of theology of the Calvinist College. He translated a lot of volumes from English and French, he is the translator of the first Hungarian volume by Dickens. Nagy had an important role in the founding of the Transylvanian Museum Society, in 1869 he was elected vice-president. He was also member of the Hungarian Parliament. In 1866 he was promoted bishop of his church. He was a good organizer and an excellent preacher.
