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János Fogarasi

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Janos Fogarasi (1801 to 1878) was a Hungarian jurist and philologist admitted to the bar in 1829 who went on to serve as a councilor in the Hungarian Finance Ministry, president of the Council of Commerce, and a judge of the Hungarian Supreme Court. He wrote on Hungarian jurisprudence and public finance, applying his legal training to questions of commercial and fiscal law. He is also remembered for compiling, with Gergely Czuczor, the six volume Dictionary of the Hungarian Language published under the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1861 and 1874.

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Jurist and philologist, born at Kázsmárk, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary 1
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Hungarian 2
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Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1
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Male 1
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Jurist 1
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1. János Fogarasi (Wikipedia)
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    In 1829, he was admitted to the bar, in 1848 became Councilor in the Hungarian Finance Ministry, and subsequently President of the Council of Commerce and a judge of the Supreme Court.
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    János Fogarasi (1801 - 1878) was a Hungarian jurist and philologist, born at Kázsmárk, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.
  • Full article, field of law
    He wrote on Hungarian jurisprudence and finance (The Hungarian Law of Trade and Exchange, 1840; The Hungarian Bank, 1848), but is best known for the great Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (six volumes, 1861-1874), prepared under the auspices of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (from 1861 to 1866 in collaboration with Gergely Czuczor).
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    was a Hungarian jurist and philologist
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János Fogarasi (1801 - 1878) was a Hungarian jurist and philologist, born at Kázsmárk, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.
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