Balázs Orbán

This article is about the writer. For other people with the same name, see Balázs Orbán (politician).
Balázs Orbán
Balázs Orbán’s photograph from the 1860s
Born(1829-02-03)3 February 1829
Lengyelfalva, Principality of Transylvania (today Polonița, Romania)
Died19 April 1890(1890-04-19) (aged 61)
Budapest, Hungary
OccupationWriter, Historian and Politician
NationalityHungarian
Notable works"Description of the Székely Land from the point of view of history, archaeology, geography and folklore"

Balázs Orbán, Baron of Lengyelfalva (3 February 1829 – 19 April 1890) was a Hungarian author, ethnographic collector, parliamentarian, correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1887). He is called "the Greatest Székely."

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