„Úgy nézek ki, mint Bernard Shaw?” Egy geográfus és a Nobel-díj – Cholnoky Jenő 1933. évi svédországi és norvégiai útja

Abstract

Geographer, Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950) visited Scandinavian countries three times during his life. During his first trip, between July 7–26, 1901. reached Finland, then in 1910 he travelled on the Scandinavian peninsula. He did not give a lecture at that time. The outstanding result of the year 1910 trip was a week of field research work spent on Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), where the conference audience of around 70 people toured the island together with local professional management. At the beginning of 1933, he reached Sweden and Norway again. He gave a total of four lectures in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo. He spoke to the participants twice about the development of the Hungarian nation, and twice about the development of human cultures. His projected readings took place with great interest and press coverage. After his travel to Sweden and his autobiographical memoir, the legend about the scientist’s alleged nomination for the Nobel Prize took off. The veracity of these stories can now be refuted. The detailed description of his 1933 trip has not been presented before, the reconstruction of the trip was aided by previously unknown materials from the scientist’s legacy.