GABOR See also:

• GABOR BAROSS (1848-1892)

BAROSS (1848-1892)  , Hungarian statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Trencsen on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1848, and educated at See also:

• ESZTERGOM (Ger. Gran; Lat. Strigonium)

Esztergom . He was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time one of the professors there under See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Kolos Vaszary . After acquiring considerable See also:

• LOCAL

local reputation as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary of his See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, he entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1875 . He at once attached himself to Kalman See also:

• TISZA, KALMAN [KOLOMAN] (1830-1902)

Tisza and remained faithful to his chief even after the Bosnian occupation had alienated so many of the supporters of the See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . It was he who See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the reply to the malcontents on this occasion, for the first time demonstrating his many-sided ability and his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for sustained hard See also:

• WORK

work . But it was in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• ECONOMICS

economics that he principally achieved his fame . In 1883 he was appointed secretary to the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of ways and communications . See also:

• BAROSS, GABOR (1848-1892)

Baross, who had prepared himself for quite another career, and had only become acquainted with the civilized See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West at the time of the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

Composition of 1867, mastered, in an incredibly See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time, the details of this difficult See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . His zeal, conscientiousness and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy were so universally recognized, that on the retirement of Gabor See also:

• KEMENY, ZSIGMOND, BARON (1816-r875)

Kemeny, in 1886, he was appointed minister of ways and communications . He devoted himself especially to the development of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and the gigantic network of the Austro-Hungarian railway See also:

• SYSTEM

system and its unification is mainly his work . But his most See also:

• ORIGINAL

original creation in this respect was the See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone system, which immensely facilitated and cheapened the circulation of all wares and produce, and brought the remotest districts into See also:

• DIRECT

direct communication with the central point at See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest . The amalgamation of the ministry of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce with the ministry of ways in 1889 further enabled Baross to realize his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of making the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign influences, of increasing the commercial productiveness of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom and of gaining every possible See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage for her export trade by a revision of tolls .

This patriotic policy provoked loud protests both from See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany at the See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna in 189o, and Baross was obliged somewhat to modify his system . This was by no means the only instance in which his commercial policy was attacked and even hampered by foreign courts . But wherever he was allowed a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand he introduced See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch-making reforms in all the branches of his department, including posts, telegraphs, &c . A See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of such strength of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was not to be turned from his course by any amount of opposition, and he rather enjoyed to be alluded to as " the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-handed minister." The crowning point of his railway policy was the regulation of the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube at the hitherto impassable Iron-See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates Rapids by the construction of canals, which opened up the eastern trade to Hungary and was an event of See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international importance . It was while inspecting his work there in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1892 that he caught a chill, from which he died on the 8th of May . The See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of his See also:

• BURIAL

burial was a day of national See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning, and rightly so, for Baross had dedicated his whole time and genius to the promotion of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country's prosperity . See Laszlo Petrovics, See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography of See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel Baross (Hung . Eperies, 1892) . (R . N .