Pál Makó (1724–1793)

Biographical data

• 1724 641 Born in Jászapáti
• 1741 641 Entered the Society of Jesus in Trenčín
• 1793 641 Died in Budapest

Career

• 641 Teacher of mathematics, logic in Trnava
• 641 Teacher of mathematics, experimental physics, mechanics in Vienna
• 641 Teacher in Trnava
  After 1773

Miscellaneous

• 641 General comment: Makó co-created and translated Maria Therea’s educational reform
• 641 Makó rendered services to the modernization of the mathematical education, also writing mathematical manuals for middle schools

Relations

• 641 Makó followed the ideas of Descartes in his investigations into differential and integral calculus
• 641 Empress Maria Theresa made Makó royal advisor
• 1782 641 In 1782, Makó established the Institutum Geometricum (the first institute dedicated to the formation of civil engineers) in Budapest with the fellow Jesuits Rausch( geometry), Horvat( physics, mechanics), Ljudevit Mitterpacher( agronomy), and Josip Mitterpacher( mathematics, engineering) as teachers