Josef Budenz

Josef Budenz (13 June 1836 – 15 April 1892) was a German comparative linguist specializing in Finno-Ugric who researched the origins of the Hungarian language.

Early life and education Josef Budenz graduated from high school in Fulda in 1854 and studied in Marburg and from 1855 for three years in Göttingen, among others with Theodor Benfey

The debate came to a head in the 1880s between the two camps, After things settled, the Finno-Ugric hypothesis was concluded the sounder of the two, mainly based on work by Budenz. The commemorative plaque bears the inscription: "Here stood until 1954 the house in which on 13 June 1836 Joseph Budenz was born. He was a professor at the University of Budapest from 1868 until his death on 15 April 1892, and is the founder of modern Finno-Ugric comparative linguistics. Donated by the Societas Uralo-Altaica on May 23, 1963."

The Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter also published an article about him in 1936 on the centenary of his birth.

The Budenz Gymnasium in Budapest published a Budenz memorial book in Hungarian in 2002. A "Budenz Day" is held every year at the Finno-Ugrian Seminar of the University of Göttingen.

Works

Übersicht der Verzweigung der ugrischen Sprachen, 1878 (Reproduction of the original published in Budapest 1873-1881, with an introduction by Gyula Décsy)