Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Albert Szenczi Molnár (30 August 1574 – 17 January 1634) was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator.Although he lived the largest part of his life abroad (Wittenberg, Strassburg, Heidelberg, Altdorf, Marburg and Oppenheim) and the majority of his work was born there, Albert Szenczi Molnár contributed his work to the benefit of his country. Quoting his friends he wrote in one of his letters: \"Everybody says and confirms that by publishing a single dictionary, being longed for by the whole studentship in Hungary, I can serve my country a lot more than by teaching the youth and vicarage for some years.\"His pioneering Latin dictionary was after several revisions, still in use until the first half of the 19th century. He defined many literary and scientific technicalities in Hungarian language for the first time. His Hungarian grammar in Latin language was used as a guidebook until the 18th century, thereby - apart of its significance in history of science-his work greatly contributed to the unification of the Hungarian language and spelling. His psalm translations, the revised editions of the Vizsoly Bible, John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion and the Heidelberg Catechism all represent living heritage. He had an outstanding effect on the Hungarian literature and versification."@en }
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- Albert_Szenczi_Molnár abstract "Albert Szenczi Molnár (30 August 1574 – 17 January 1634) was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator.Although he lived the largest part of his life abroad (Wittenberg, Strassburg, Heidelberg, Altdorf, Marburg and Oppenheim) and the majority of his work was born there, Albert Szenczi Molnár contributed his work to the benefit of his country. Quoting his friends he wrote in one of his letters: \"Everybody says and confirms that by publishing a single dictionary, being longed for by the whole studentship in Hungary, I can serve my country a lot more than by teaching the youth and vicarage for some years.\"His pioneering Latin dictionary was after several revisions, still in use until the first half of the 19th century. He defined many literary and scientific technicalities in Hungarian language for the first time. His Hungarian grammar in Latin language was used as a guidebook until the 18th century, thereby - apart of its significance in history of science-his work greatly contributed to the unification of the Hungarian language and spelling. His psalm translations, the revised editions of the Vizsoly Bible, John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion and the Heidelberg Catechism all represent living heritage. He had an outstanding effect on the Hungarian literature and versification.".