Alexander Ruttkay

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Alexander Ruttkay
Born(1941-04-24)24 April 1941
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology

Alexander Ruttkay (born 24 April 1941) is a

Slovak Academy of Science in Nitra
in 1991–2008.

Ruttkay was born in

Christianisation and the oldest religious buildings. He worked in leading positions in research and academic institutions in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He led a successful field research in archeological sites in Koš - Klatkej kopec, Ducové "Kostelec", Nitrianska Blatnica "Jurko", Partizánske - Šimovany, Nitra
- Dražovce, etc.

Ruttkay is a member of international scientific organisations like European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Committee of International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UNESCO), German Archaeological Institute, executive committee of international castellological association Castrum Bene (president of the society, 1998–2000) and others.

Awards

  • Silver medal of Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak Academy of Sciences (1996)
  • Gold medal of Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak Academy of Sciences (2001)
  • Honorary citizen of Piešťany, Ducové and Nitrianska Blatnica
  • Silver medal of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (2001)
  • State award 1st Class Pribina Cross (2007)
  • Award of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport for life-work (2011)
  • Award of town Nitra (2011)
  • Premium of Literary Fund, Section for scientific and professional literature and computer programs for the development of science Slovakia and abroad ( 2012)

Sources

  • "Curriculum Vitae Alexander Ruttkay" (PDF) (in Slovak). Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  • "Curriculum Vitae Alexander Ruttkay (short version)" (in Slovak). Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 April 2015.