1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EOTVOS, J6ZSEF, BARON (1813-1871), Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Baron Ignacz Eotvos and the baroness Lilian, was born at Buda on the ijth of September 1813. After an excellent education he entered the civil service as a vicenotary, and was early introduced to political life by his father. He also spent many years in western Europe, assimilating the new ideas both literary and political, and making the acquaintance of the leaders of the Romantic school. On his return to Hungary he wrote his first polit…
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