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Toldy, Ferencz
(f´rnts tôl´d) (KEY) , 180575, father of Hungarian literary history. Toldy edited various literary journals and founded (1842) Nemzeti Könyvtár [national library] to produce the critical edition of Hungarys classic poets. He also wrote two histories of Hungarian literature (1851, 186465), a Hungarian grammar (1866), and a manual of Magyar poetry (1876).