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    "verified_text": "kallay, benjamin von (1839-1903), austro-hungarian statesman, was born at budapest on the 22nd of december 1839. his family derived their name from their estates at nagy kallo, in szabolcs, and claimed descent from the balogh semjen tribe, which colonized the counties of borsod, szabolcs, and szatmar, at the close of the 9th century, when the magyars conquered hungary. they played a prominent part in hungarian history as early as the reign of koloman (1095-1114); and from king matthias corvinus (1458-1490) they received their estates at mezo tur, near kecskemet, granted to michael kallay for his heroic defence of jajce in bosnia, and still held by his descendants. the father of benjamin von kallay, a superior official of the hungarian government, died in 1845, and his widow, who survived until 1903, devoted herself to the education of her son. at an early age kallay manifested a deep interest in politics, and especially in the eastern question. he travelled in russia, european turkey and asia minor, gaining a thorough knowledge of greek, turkish and several slavonic languages. he became as proficient in servian as in his native tongue. in 1867 he entered the hungarian diet as conservative deputy for muhlbach (szasy-szebes); in 1869 he was appointed consul-general at belgrade; and in 1872 he visited bosnia for the first time. his views on balkan questions strongly influenced count andrassy, the austro-hungarian minister for foreign affairs. leaving belgrade in 1875, he resumed his seat in the diet, and shortly afterwards founded the journal _kelet nepe_, or _eastern folk_, in which he defended the vigorous policy of andrassy. after the russo-turkish war of 1878 he went to philippopolis as austro-hungarian envoy extraordinary on the international eastern rumelian commission. in 1879 he became second, and soon afterwards first, departmental chief at the foreign office in vienna. on the 4th of june 1882 he was appointed imperial minister of finance and administrator of bosnia and herzegovina, and the distinction with which he filled this office, for a period of 21 years, is his chief title of fame (see bosnia and herzegovina). kallay was an honorary member of the budapest and vienna academies of science, and attained some eminence as a writer. he translated j. s. mill's _liberty_ into hungarian, adding an introductory critique; while his version of _galatea_, a play by the greek dramatist s. n. basiliades (1843-1874), proved successful on the hungarian stage. his monographs on servian history (_geschichte der serben_) and on the oriental ambition of russia (_die orientpolitik russlands_) were translated into german by j. h. schwicker, and published at leipzig in 1878. but, in his own opinion, his masterpiece was an academic oration on the political and geographical position of hungary as a link between east and west. in 1873 kallay married the countess vilma bethlen, who bore him two daughters and a son. his popularity in bosnia was partly due to the tact and personal charm of his wife. he died on the 13th of july 1903. kalmar (calmar), a seaport of sweden on the baltic coast, chief town of the district (_lan_) of kalmar, 250 m. s.s.w. of stockholm by rail. pop. (1900), 12,715. it lies opposite the island of oland, mainly on two small islands, but partly on the mainland, where there is a pleasant park. the streets are regular, and most of the houses are of wood. the principal public edifices, however, are constructed of limestone from oland, including the cathedral, built by nicodemus tessin and his son nicodemus in the second half of the 17th century. kalmar, a town of great antiquity, was formerly strongly fortified, and there remains the island-fortress of kalmarnahus, dating partly from the 12th century, but mainly from the 16th and 17th. it contains the beautiful chamber of king eric xiv. (d. 1577), an historical museum, and in the courtyard a fine ornate well-cover. this stronghold stood several sieges in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and the town gives name to the treaty (kalmar union) by which sweden, norway and denmark were united into one kingdom in 1397. kalmar has an artificial harbour admitting vessels drawing 19 ft. there are a school of navigation, and tobacco and match factories, the produce of which, together with timber and oats, is exported. ship-building is carried on.",
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