Talk:Farkas Bolyai

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Shouldn't this be at Bolyai Farkas, given that Farkas is the surname, (Most Hungarian bios conform to the English standard: Imre Nagy, Miklós Horthy, Franz Liszt, Zoltán Kodály)? -JCarriker 08:08, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Negative. Bolyai is the surname!

[edit] Birthplace of János Bolyai

According to the present article, Farkas Bolyai's son, János Bolyai was born in Marosvásárhely (Târgu-Mureş). The article on János Bolyai locates his birth in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca). Which article is right? --Rotkraut 21:49, 27 June 2006 (UTC)