Ferenc Kazinczy

Ferenc Kazinczy
Kazinczy by János Donát, 1812
Born	(1759-10-27)27 October 1759 Érsemjén, Bihar, Hungary (today Șimian, Romania)
Died	23 August 1831(1831-08-23) (aged 71) Széphalom, Zemplén County, Hungary (today part of Sátoraljaújhely)
Resting place	Széphalom, Sátoraljaújhely, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hungary
Occupation	author neologist poet translator notary inspector of education
Language	Hungarian
Nationality	Hungarian
Education	law
Alma mater	College of Debrecen (1766) College of Késmárk (1768) College of Sárospatak (1769-1779)
Literary movement	Age of Enlightenment Classicism
Notable works	Tövisek és virágok (1811) Poétai episztola Vitkovics Mihályhoz (1811) Ortológus és neológus nálunk és más nemzeteknél (1819)
Spouse	Sophie Török ​ (m. 1804)​
Children	Iphigenia Eugenia Thalia Márk Emil Ferenc Antal Sophron Ferenc Anna Iphigenia Bálint Cecil Ferenc Lajos

Ferenc Kazinczy, ([ˈfɛɾɛnts], [ˈkɒzintsi]), (in older English: Francis Kazinczy,^[1] October 27, 1759 – August 23, 1831) was a Hungarian author, poet, translator, neologist, an agent in the regeneration of the Hungarian language and literature at the turn of the 19th century.^[2] Today his name is connected with the extensive Language Reform of the 19th century, when thousands of words were coined or revived, enabling the Hungarian language to keep up with scientific progress and become an official language of the nation in 1844. For his linguistic and literary works he is regarded as one of the cultural founders of the Hungarian Reform Era along with Dávid Baróti Szabó, Ferenc Verseghy, György Bessenyei, Mátyás Rát and János Kis.^[3]