A Kampis család         The Kampis Family


Page maintained by George (György) Kampis, Philosopher of Science, Eötvös University.
My own home page is here.


The Name "Kampis"
The family comes (well, on the paternal side...you see 'family' histories are male histories) probably
from somewhere in Western Europe, maybe the Netherlands (see: van de Kamp, van Kampen etc; the
grammatical build of the Hungarian name is similar). I did not invent this Dutch legend,
but have little evidence for it.

I am not aware of any Caucasians with the name Kampis outside my own family line.
For instance, there is a well-documented Transsylvanian period in the family, which resulted in Kampises
living in Rumania, and possibly in the US (Johnny Kampis, personal communication).
Many details are unclear yet (are all these relationships real?).

Of course there is Gabor Kampis (and fam.) in US/Canada, he was born in Budapest.

The rest of the page is mostly in Hungarian.
Ezen az oldalon azokat az adatokat kezdtem összeszedni, amelyek segitenek eligazodni
az évtizedek során meglehetősen szétszóródott családban.
A család több tagja is aktiv volt pl. a művészetek és a tudományok terén.

Muzslay Kampis Margit     festő
Kampis Lajos                    iró, a Nyugat-ban publikált
Kampis Antal                    művészettörténész, a Szépműv. Múz. igazgatója
Kampis Péter                    iró, ujságiró
Kampis János I.                jogász, iró
Kampis János II.               festő
Kampis György (id.)         jogász
Kampis Miklós                 épitész, Kossuth-dijas


I know very little about other family members. Here are some pieces and bits.

This, for example, must be Gabor Kampis, sitting row, 1st from right, 1956 or 57.
http://www.ecoates.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/janus/picgall/abelw1.htm