- Born
- ( 1759-10-27 ) 27 October 1759, Érsemjén , Bihar , Hungary , (today Șimian , Romania )
- Died
- 23 August 1831 (1831-08-23) (aged 71), Széphalom , Zemplén County , Hungary , (today part of Sátoraljaújhely )
- Resting place
- Széphalom , Sátoraljaújhely , Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hungary
- Occupation
- author , neologist , poet , translator , notary , inspector of education
- Language
- Hungarian
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Education
- law
- Alma mater
- College of Debrecen (1766) , College of Késmárk (1768) , College of Sárospatak (1769–1779)
- Literary movement
- Age of Enlightenment , Classicism
- Notable works
- Tövisek és virágok (1811) , Poétai episztola Vitkovics Mihályhoz (1811) , Ortológus és neológus nálunk és más nemzeteknél (1819)
- Spouse
- Sophie Török ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1804 )
- Children
- Iphigenia , Eugenia , Thalia , Márk Emil Ferenc , Antal Sophron Ferenc , Anna Iphigenia , Bálint Cecil Ferenc , Lajos