Engel Pál

Engel Pál (27 February 1938 - 21 August 2001) was a Hungarian medievalist historian and archivist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He served as General Director of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1996 and 1997. Despite of Engel was an autodidact historian (who had no degree in history), he became a preeminent medievalist and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.