Mór Jókai
1825 – 1904 · aged 79
Hungarian writer (1825–1904)
- Born
- 18 Feb 1825 · Komárno
- Died
- 5 May 1904 · Budapest
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- 18 Feb 1825BornBorn in Komárno
- 1861RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
- 1865 – 1872RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
- 1875 – 1896RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
- 1887 – 1892RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
- 1892 – 1896RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
- 1897 – 1904RoleMember of the House of Magnates
- 5 May 1904DiedDied in Budapest
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Móricz Jókay of Ásva [ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒi] (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jókai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.
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