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FEJER (1766–1851)  , Hungarian author, was born on the 23rd of April 1766, at Keszthely, in the county of Zala . He studied philosophy at Pest, and theology at Pressburg; eventually, in 18o8, he obtained a theological professorship at Pest University . Ten years later (1818) he became chief director of the educational circle of Raab, and in 1824 was appointed librarian to the university of Pest . Fejer's works, which are nearly all written either in Latin or Hungarian, exceed one hundred and eighty in number . His most important work, Codex diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis, published from 1829 to 1844, in eleven so-called tomes, really exceeds forty volumes . It consists of old documents and charters from A.D . 104 to the end of 1439, and forms an extraordinary monument of patient industry . This work and many others relating to Hungarian national history have placed Fejer in the foremost rank of Hungarian historians . He died on the 2nd of July 1851 . His latest works were A Kunok eredete (The Origin of the Huns), and A politikai forradalmak okai (The Causes of Political Revolutions), both published in 185o . The latter production, on account of its liberal tendencies, was suppressed by the Austrian government . . See Magyar Ir6k: Eletrajz-gyujtemeny (Pest, 1856), and A Magyar nemzeti irodalomtortenet vfizlata (Pest, 1861) .