Eötvös

(eut´veush), Baron Joseph, a Hungarian statesman and author, born 1813, died 1871. He completed his studies at the University of Pesth in 1831. He had already, before leaving the university, produced three dramas— The Critics , The Wedding , and Revenge —the last a tragedy, all of which were well received. He became a friend of Ko uth, and distinguished himself as a journalist and orator of the popular party. In 1848, after the revolution of 15th March, he was appointed Minister of Public Instruction, resigned the same year, but was again appointed Minister of Public Instruction in 1867, and filled this office until his death. Among his works are the novels: The Car thus i an , The Village Notary (translated into English), and Hungary in 1514 —giving vivid pictures of Hungarian life in modern and more remote epochs.