Vincze von Borbás

von Borbás was born into a poor family, so he started his studies at the grammar school in Eger only at the age of sixteen.

He was greatly influenced by the gardener of the archbishop of Eger, Márton Vrabély a prominent Mátra researcher.

From 1902 until his death, he was a leader professor of plant taxonomy at the University of Cluj-Napoca and then director of the Botanical Garden.

It provided new ideas for understanding the origin of species, the development of plant communities, and solving other related issues.

As a versatile, far-sighted, original, intuitive scientist, he was the best acquaintance of the Hungarian flora for forty years.