Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)
Encyclopedia
Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas (27 September 1894, Kismarton/Eisenstadt
, Sopron megye - 12 July 1958, Göttingen
) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric
linguist
.
In the 1920s he was a coworker of Robert Gragger (1887-1926) at the Hungarian Institute of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
in Berlin.
During World War II
he was head of the German-Hungarian Society.
He founded the Finno-Ugric seminar at the University of Göttingen in 1947.
He wrote over 19 books dealing with various aspects of Hungarian literature and language, including titles published in German and Hungarian.
Eisenstadt
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, Sopron megye - 12 July 1958, Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric , Finno-Ugrian or Fenno-Ugric is a traditional group of languages in the Uralic language family that comprises the Finno-Permic and Ugric language families....
linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
.
In the 1920s he was a coworker of Robert Gragger (1887-1926) at the Hungarian Institute of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
in Berlin.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he was head of the German-Hungarian Society.
He founded the Finno-Ugric seminar at the University of Göttingen in 1947.
He wrote over 19 books dealing with various aspects of Hungarian literature and language, including titles published in German and Hungarian.
Literary works
- Die Entwicklung der ungarischen Literatur, 1934
- Der ungarische Vormärz Petöfis Zeitalter. 1943 (held in 13 US libraries)
- Geschichte der ungarischen Literaturwissenschaft, 1944