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Babits, Mary, 1906-1991

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1906-1991
  • Existence: 1906 - 1991

Biography

Mary (Hargita) Babits was born on February 28th, 1906, to parents George and Frances, in Budapest, Hungary. After earning a Doctor of Science degree in physics at the University of Technical Sciences in Budapest, she obtained a temporary position in 1931 at the Institute of Engineering Physics at the University of Technical Sciences where she met her future husband, Victor Babits. She later worked on the staff of the British Legation in Budapest until 1942. During the last two years of World War II, she worked as a Red Cross nurse, and also gave English lessons. Mary documented her and Victor Babit’s experience living in Budapest through WWII in her unpublished memoir The Siege of Budapest. After Victor’s death in 1982, Mary wrote The Life and Times of Dr. Victor A. Babits, an unpublished biography which detailed Victor’s life. Mary died in 1991.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Victor and Mary Babits papers

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: MC 78
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, publications, and photographs documenting Victor A. Babits' professional activites as an inventor, researcher, and education. The papers document his contribution to the development of television, color analysis, and other fields overlapping electronics and optics. The papers also include correspondence and memoirs written by Babits' wife, Mary. The material ranges from the late 1880's to the 1980's, with the bulk of the documentation...
Dates: Created: 1880-1989; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1988
Found in: Institute Archives and Special Collections / Victor and Mary Babits papers

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