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Revision as of 08:35, 12 December 2010 by Iaaasi (talk | contribs) (German - official language)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)György Aranka (17 September 1737–11 March 1817) was a Hungarian writer.
Biography
He was born in Secken, Szolnok-Doboka County, Grand Principality of Transylvania. His father György Aranka Senior was the bishop of the Transylvanian presbyterian (reformed) church.
He studied in Marosvásárhely (now: Târgu Mures) and Nagyenyed (now: Aiud). For his civil profession he was a lawyer and started his career as a clerk, then worked in different positions in the courts of law of Marosvásárhely In 1796, he became judge of the supreme court of Transylvania.
His activity was of very broad range and had a great importance in the Hungarian cultural history. He was an enthusiastic promoter of the Hungarian public education and the cultivation of the Hungarian language. His poems were published in the magazines ‘Magyar Hírmondó’ (1780), ‘Magyar Museum’ and ‘Orpheus’. During the 1991 session of the Transylvanian parliament, he established the a society for the cultication of the Hungarian language in Transylvania, and was elected its secretary. In 1792, he organized the Old Manuscript Society for the publishing of old Transylvanian mémoires. He died in Marosvásárhely.
References
- "Pallas Nagy Lexikona". Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- "Magyar életrajzi lexikon". Retrieved 2010-01-22.
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