|
Révai Nagy Lexikona
The Great Lexicon of Révai (Hungarian "Révai nagy lexikona") is a general lexicon in Hungarian, published by the Révai Brothers Literary Institute between 1911 and 1935. The continuation of the late 20th century is the new lexicon of Révai. History Révay Mór János starting from the large lexicon of Pallas, he wanted to create a modern lexicon containing up-to-date scientific results, therefore he involved almost the entire Hungarian scientific world in the editing. The editorial staff had a total of 877 staff members – it would be unworthy to highlight anyone – 149 former university professors, 50 academic members, 20 physicists and mathematicians, 27 ministers or secretaries of state, 69 lawyers and 33 doctors. The twenty volumes without completion contain about 1,050 pages (16,671 two-column pages), 230,000 headings, about 113 million letters, and thousands of figures. The color map appendices were prepared by Révai Cartography specifically for this purpose. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pallas Nagy Lexikona
''A Pallas nagy lexikona'' (''Pallas's Great Encyclopedia'') was the first Hungarian encyclopedia which was not a translation from other languages. It was published by the Pallas Literary and Press Corporation between 1893 and 1897. The encyclopedia comprised 16 volumes, 150 000 articles, and it was the work of 300 authors. History ''A Pallas nagy lexikona'' (literally Pallas's large encyclopedia) is a great universal encyclopedia in Hungarian. It gradually developed in the years 1893 to 1897 in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population .... In 1900 it was issued as two parts, but the Encyclopedia eventually reached a total of 18 volumes containing more than 150,000 entries. Chief editor was József Bokor. The authors were renowned Hungarian scientists, most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |