FERENCZ See also:

• FERENCZ KOLCSEY (1740-1838)

KOLCSEY (1740-1838)  , Hungarian poet, critic and orator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Szodemeter, in Transylvania, on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1790 . In his fifteenth See also:

• YEAR

year he made the acquaintance of See also:

• KAZINCZY, FERENCZ (1759-1831)

Kazinczy and zealously adopted his linguistic reforms . In 1809 See also:

• KOLCSEY, FERENCZ (1740-1838)

Kolcsey went to Pest and became a " See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary to the royal See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board." See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law proved distasteful, and at Cseke in Szatmar 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 devoted his 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 to aesthetical study, See also:

• POETRY

poetry, See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, and the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the theories of Kazinczy . Kolcsey's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early metrical pieces contributed to the Transylvanian Museum did not attract much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, whilst his severe criticisms of See also:

• CSOKONAI, MIHALY VITEZ (1773-1805)

Csokonai, Kis, and especially Berzsenyi, published in 1817, rendered him very unpopular . From 1821 to 1826 he published many See also:

• SEPARATE

separate poems of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty in the See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora, See also:

• HEBE

Hebe, See also:

• ASPASIA

Aspasia, and other magazines of polite literature . He joined See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Szemere in a new periodical, styled Elet es literatura (" See also:

• LIFE

Life and Literature "), which appeared from 1826 to 1829, in 4 vols., and gained for Kolcsey the highest reputation as a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical writer . From 1832 to 1835 he sat in the Hungarian See also:

• DIET

Diet, where his extreme liberal views and his singular eloquence soon rendered him famous as a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . Elected on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 183o a member of the Hungarian See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, he took See also:

• PART

part in its first See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting; in 1832, he delivered his famous oration on Kazinczy, and in 1836 that on his former opponent See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Berzsenyi . When in 1838 See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• WESSELENYI, MIKLOS, BARON (1796-1850)

Wesselenyi was unjustly thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison upon a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, Kolcsey eloquently though unsuccessfully conducted his defence; and he died about a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week afterwards (August 24) from See also:

• INTERNAL

internal inflammation . His collected See also:

• WORKS

works, in 6 vols., were published at Pest, 184o-1848, and his See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal of the diet of 1832–1836 appeared in 1848 . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument erected to the memory of Kolcsey was unveiled at Szatmar-Nemeti on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1864 . See G .

Steinacker, Ungarische Lyriker (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and Pest, 1874) ; F . Toldy, Magyar Koltek elete (2 vols., Pest, 1871) ; J . Ferenczy and J . Danielik, Magyar Ira (2 vols., Pest, 1856-1858) .