Gyula (Julius) Moravcsik (Budapest, 29 January 1892 – Budapest, 10 December 1972), who usually wrote just asGy. Moravcsik, was a Hungarian professor of Greekphilology andByzantine history who in 1967 was awarded thePour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts.
Moravcsik explored in depth the relationship between Byzantium and theTurkic peoples, broadly defined and so including Hungarians, and this was reflected in the two volumes ofByzantinoturcica and the 1953Bizánc és a Magyarság (Byzantium and the Magyars).[1]
WithR.J.H. Jenkins, he produced the critical and translated edition ofConstantine VII Porphyrogenitus'De Administrando Imperio. That work was first published in Budapest, 1949, and later atDumbarton Oaks. Moravcsik also contributed to the laterCommentary, also in the Dumbarton Oaks series.[citation needed]
His elder sonMichael Moravcsik (1928–1989), became professor of physics atUniversity of Oregon. His younger son,Julius Moravcsik (1931–2009), became a professor of philosophy atStanford University.[2] His daughter,Edith A. Moravcsik, became a professor of linguistics at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His grandson,Andrew Moravcsik, became Professor of Politics and International Affairs atPrinceton University.[citation needed]
