Antal Reguly
Hungarian linguist, cartographer and ethnographer
About Antal Reguly
Lived 1819 – 1858 (aged 39). Antal Reguly was a Hungarian anthropologist, linguist, ethnographer, traveler, dictionary author and finno-Ugrist.
Antal (Anton) Reguly (, 1819–1858) was a Hungarian linguist and ethnographer notable for his contribution to the study of Uralic languages. In 1843–1844 he became the first ethnographer to visit the Mansi (Vogul) people to collect data on their language and folklore. Reguly's field work among the Uralic peoples of Russia ruined his health, and he died young, leaving much of the material he had collected to be edited by his successors, including Pál Hunfalvy. Reguly also visited Finland and translated parts of The Kalevala into Hungarian.
The Reguly Antal Memorial Library and Reguly Antal Ethnographic Museum and Folk Art Workshop is in the town of Zirc, in Veszprém county, Hungary. Mount Reguly in the Research Range is also named for him.
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Who was Antal Reguly?
Hungarian linguist, cartographer and ethnographer (1819–1858)
When was Antal Reguly born?
Antal Reguly was born on 11 July 1819 in Zirc.
When did Antal Reguly die?
Antal Reguly died on 23 August 1858 in Buda.
What was Antal Reguly's occupation?
Antal Reguly was an anthropologist, linguist, ethnographer, traveler, dictionary author and finno-Ugrist.
What nationality was Antal Reguly?
Antal Reguly was Hungarian.
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