János Hunfalvy
János Hunfalvy [ ˈja: noʃ ˈhunfɒlvi ] (born January 21, 1820 in Nagyszalók , † December 6, 1888 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian geographer , member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and founder of the Hungarian Geographical Society.
life and work
János Hunfalvy, brother of the linguist Pál Hunfalvy , completed his school education in Késmárk , Miskolc and Eperjes and then studied at the universities of Berlin and Tübingen .
In 1846 he got a job as a teacher of statistics and history at the Késmárk Lyceum. However, due to his participation in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , he was released and sentenced to prison.
After his release from prison, he settled in Pest , where he built a life as a writer and lecturer. In 1866, with the support of Móriz Pálffy, he became a lecturer at the Royal Hungarian Joseph University of Technology and Economics .
In 1870 he was appointed president of the newly established chair for geography at the University of Pest and held this position until his death. During this time he made several trips abroad and represented the Hungarian government at international congresses for statistics and geography, among others in The Hague , Saint Petersburg , Paris , London , Venice and Rome . He also took part in several world exhibitions .
In 1872 he founded the Hungarian Geographical Society (Hungarian: Magyar Földrajzi Társaság ) together with Ármin Vámbéry , Antal Berecz and János Xántus and served as its first president until his death.
Together with the German painter Ludwig Rohbock , he published Hungary and Transylvania in picturesque original views in 1863 , which were published by GG Lange in Darmstadt .
In the Slovak High Tatras the "Hunfalvyjoch" ( Slovak. Váha ) and the "Hunfalvytälchen" (Slovak. Kotlinka pod Váhou ) are named after him.
literature
- Hunfalvy Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 11 f. (Direct links on p. 11 , p. 12 ).
Web links
- János Hunfalvy , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunfalvy, János |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunsdorfer, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagyszalók |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1888 |
| Place of death | Budapest |