Fogarasi János
Fogarasi or Fogarassy is a Hungarian surname that may refer to * Alabert Fogarasi (1891–1959), Hungarian philosopher and politician * János Fogarasi (1801–1878), Hungarian jurist and philologist * Viktor Fogarassy (1911–1989), Austrian merchant and art collector {{surname Hungarian-language surnames ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alabert Fogarasi
Alabert Fogarasi, also known as Béla Fogarasi (25 July 1891 – 28 April 1959) was a Hungarian philosopher and politician. Life Fogarasi was born as Béla Freid on 25 July 1891 in Budapest, and studied in Budapest and Heidelberg. In 1910 he translated Henri Bergson's ''Introduction à la metaphysique'' into Hungarian. He was a member of the so-called Sunday circle around Béla Balázs and György Lukács. With Karl Mannheim, Arnold Hauser and Ervin Szabó he was also involved in the Budapest Free School of Humanities, founded by Lukács. A December 1915 lecture on historical materialism to the Hungarian Philosophical Society criticized economic determinism. His March 1918 lecture to a joint meeting of the Sunday Circle and the Sociological Society, 'Conservative and Progressive Idealism', opposed positivism and associated radical politics with philosophical idealism. In December 1918 he joined the Hungarian Communist Party and was appointed as editor of ''Vörös Újság'' (Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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János Fogarasi
János Fogarasi (1801 – 1878) was a Hungarian jurist and philologist, born at Kázsmárk, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. 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. 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). This work is very inclusive and continues to be regarded as standard, despite the fact that it often is at variance with the principles of modern philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Fogarassy
Viktor Fogarassy (6 May 1911 – 24 March 1989) was an Austrian merchant, managing partner of the Kastner & Öhler department stores, and an art collector, especially of works by Egon Schiele. The state of Styria named a prize for the support of contemporary art after him, the Viktor-Fogarassy-Preis. Life Fogarassy was born in Preßburg (today: Bratislava) on 6 May 1911. The family had earned nobility in the 17th century, fighting the Ottoman invasion. He grew up in Hungary and then in Vienna, where he completed school with the Matura in 1930. Fogarassy was married to Dollie Kastner, a granddaughter of Carl Kastner, a co-founder of the Graz department store Kastner & Öhler, and his wife Julie who was Jewish. In 1938, the directors of the department store decided to sell their shares to their "Aryan" sons-in-law to prevent a confiscation by the Nazi regime. Fogarassy became the manager of their Agram (Croatia), Agram operations in Croatia. When these were confiscated by communi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |