Pál Hunfalvy
Pál Hunfalvy (born March 12, 1810 in Nagyszalók, today Veľký Slavkov (German: Großschlagendorf ), then Zips County, Hungary , now Slovakia ; † November 30, 1891 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian linguist and ethnographer.
His birth name was Paul Hundsdorfer. His family were German-speaking Zipser who originally came from Hunsdorf (Huncovce) . Like his brother, the important geographer János Hunfalvy (originally Johannes Hundsdorfer), he increasingly saw himself as a Hungarian and Magyarized his name accordingly. Hunfalvy studied in Késmárk and Miskolc . He first learned the Hungarian language while studying law.
From 1856 he was a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . In 1862 he founded the journal Tudományos közlemények (Linguistic Messages), which was later edited by Josef Budenz . In 1873 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1886 he was accepted into the American Philosophical Society .
He put forward the thesis that the Hungarian language does not come from the Huns, but is related to the Finnish (cf. Finno-Ugric languages ). His most famous opponent was the orientalist Hermann Vámbéry .
His main works are:
- Finn Olvasó-Könyv (Finnish Chrestomathy , Pest 1861)
- Egy vogul monda (A Vogul legend, in the Hungarian academy reports 1859)
- A Vogul föld és nép (Land and People of the Woguls, 1864), based on the writings left by the Hungarian traveler Antal Reguly , which Hunfalvy was commissioned to publish by the Academy.
- A kondai vogul nyelv (The Southern Vogul Language, 1872)
- Utazás a balt-tenger video no . (Journey in the Baltic provinces of Russia; Journey in the countries on the Baltic Sea, 1871, 2 vol .; the 1st part, concerning Estonia, German, Leipzig. 1872)
- Az észak osztják nyélo (language of the northern Ostjaks , Pest 1875)
- Magyarország ethnographiája (1876; German, by Schwicker )
- Ethnography of Hungary , Budapest: Franklin Society, 1877.
- The Hungarians or Magyars (vol. 5 of the work The Peoples of Austria-Hungary, Vienna and Teschen: 1881)
- The Romania and their claims . Vienna and Teschen: 1883. ( Online )
- Ethnography of Hungary
- The Hungarians or Magyars ( Online )
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hunfalvy, Paul . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, pp. 431–433 ( digitized version ).
- Hunfalvy Paul. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 12.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Introduction to the history of Umbundu: L. Magyar's records (1859) and the ... By István Fodor, László Magyar; P. 24
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Paul Hunfalvy. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on April 8, 2015 .
- ^ Member History: Paul Hunfalvy. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Everyday school life and national integration in Hungary: Slovaks, Romanians and ... By Joachim von Puttkamer; P. 328
Web links
- Literature by Pál Hunfalvy in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Literature by Pál Hunfalvy in the catalog of the GVK - Common Union Catalog
- Pál Hunfalvy , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunfalvy, Pál |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunfalvy, Paul; Hundsdorfer, Pál; Hundsdorfer, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian linguist and ethnographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagyszalók |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1891 |
| Place of death | Budapest |