Lajos Abafi

Ludwig Aigner, Hungarian Lajos Abafi ( born February 11, 1840 in Grossjetscha, Empire Austria, † June 19, 1909 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary ) was a hungary German literary historian, publisher, author, translator and scientist, author of numerous aesthetic and ethnographic works.

Life

Born the son of noble parents, Aigner attended from 1850 to 1853, the trade school in Timisoara and was subsequently to 1857 there in a bookstore as an apprentice working. As a private student at a high school in Timisoara he learned the Latin language. Between 1858 and 1860 he was at the bookstore by Josef Schwaiger in Bratislava operates from 1860 in the bookstore Ferdinand Pfeifer in Budapest, in Leipzig in 1863 and in November of the same year to 16 March 1865 the Cologne bookseller William Greven, then at Julius manner in Stuttgart. In spring 1868 Ludwig Aigner returned to Budapest, where he first worked in bookstores Rath and passover. There he opened on July 1, 1868, together with Rautmann (from April 1869 independent) bookstore. For his 1865 published book " The History and Theory of the ballad and romance " (A ballada it románcz története és elmélete ) he received special praise the Kisfaludy Society.

Aigner's first article " Pressburg letter about the Kazinczy Celebration 1859 " appeared on the cover of the magazine " Divatcsarnok " ( German Fashion Hall, No. 2/ 1860). Between 1860 and 1863 he wrote articles and reviews about the book trade in the publications "Nice Spiritual observer " and " rim " of the Arany János society in the " Scientific papers " in "Sunday newspaper", in the "critical leaves " and in the Vienna " booksellers correspondence ". He published archaeological contributions in the "Historical and Archaeological Staple", also a treatise on madyarischen mythology that appeared in the published in German plague leaves " Fata Morgana ". His journalistic and scientific activity covered the following periodicals: " The Observer ( Figyelö: 1876-1890 ), " Corvina " ( 1878-1894 ); " Entomological Sheets" ( Rovartani Lapok: 1895-1899 ), and others. In 1884 he founded the historical magazine " Our homeland" (Hungarian Hazánk ).

As of 1890, Aigner was mainly interested in entomology. He published in 1898 in Budapest "The history of entomology in Hungary " (Hungarian A lepkészet története Magyarországon ), an important work, which is the only published in Hungary summarizing work of this kind to date. Of particular importance is the German into transmitted and published by Ludwig Aigner work ' Petofi's poetic works " (1880-1883, Budapest). His publisher also edited numerous Banat authors he supported and promoted.

1896 gave Aigner on his publishing and took a job in 1901 as a laboratory technician at the scientific department of the Hungarian National Museum on.

Work

  • " Booklets of Education " (1868 )
  • "Fatherland" ( 66/ 1868)
  • Szanas "observer" (1871-1876)
  • " Wreath" (1879-1881)
  • "Hungary and the Great World " (1875 ), in Journal of the Petofi Society ( 1876), " Metropolitan Sheets" ( 1877), " centuries " (1878), "Literary reports from Hungary ( = German language magazine ), " Deák album "," Historical Magazine " ( 1880-84 ), " Hungarian Salon " ( 1878-88 ), " Hungarian language Wart "," reminder "," Kassa leaves " etc.
  • "On Hungarian Folk Poetry " (From: Archive for History of Literature )
  • " About the elegy ". Budapest 1869 ( award-winning work ).
  • "On the Hungarian folk song". Budapest in 1873; 2nd edition ibid, 1879. ( = German).
  • " Mikes Kelemen ". Ibid. 1878 ( Ztschr Könvesház Magyar = Hungarian Book Archive, 48,50 ).
  • " Franz Kazinczy as a Freemason ", ibid. (without location and time )
  • " Petofi's poetic works." 2 vols, Budapest 1880-3 ( = German speaking, with several employees ).
  • " On the history of the Hungarian Legion in Italy (excluding local and time).
  • " Hungarian books Science ( 1869-70 )
  • " Hungarian Book Museum ", 1875 In this multi -volume work he provided the contributions with biographical and other observations. In this project, 140 books published.
  • Collection "National Library " 1878 ( 42 volumes)
  • 1876 ​​published by the editor of the "Observer " 27 volumes (132 issues).
  • 1884 appeared "Our homeland", a historical magazine (55 Monatshefte ) published 11 volumes.
  • 1878 font Manager at CORVINA (official organ of the Association of the Hungarian National Association of Booksellers ).
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