FEJER

fejer, gyorgy (1766-1851), hungarian author, was born on the 23rd of april 1766, at keszthely, in the county of zala. he studied philosophy at pest, and theology at pressburg; eventually, in 1808, he obtained a theological professorship at pest university. ten years later (1818) he became chief director of the educational circle of raab, and in 1824 was appointed librarian to the university of pest. fejer's works, which are nearly all written either in latin or hungarian, exceed one hundred and eighty in number. his most important work, _codex diplomaticus hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis_, published from 1829 to 1844, in eleven so-called tomes, really exceeds forty volumes. it consists of old documents and charters from a.d. 104 to the end of 1439, and forms an extraordinary monument of patient industry. this work and many others relating to hungarian national history have placed fejer in the foremost rank of hungarian historians. he died on the 2nd of july 1851. his latest works were _a kunok eredete_ (_the origin of the huns_), and _a politikai forradalmak okai_ (_the causes of political revolutions_), both published in 1850. the latter production, on account of its liberal tendencies, was suppressed by the austrian government. see _magyar irok: eletrajz-gyujtemeny_ (pest, 1856), and _a magyar nemzeti irodalomtortenet vazlata_ (pest, 1861).