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György Kousz

Hungarian Slovene teacher and writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1119903 ↗
Source-derived summary

György Kousz (Slovene: Juri Kous, Prekmurje Slovene: Jürko Kous) was a Hungarian Slovene teacher and writer. It is unknown if Kousz or the priest of Pertoča István Pauli was the author of the local Prekmurje dialect hymnal.

Few details are known about Kousz's life. His hymnal has 256 church hymns and 1 secular hymn, litanies, and a Saint Matthew's Passion. The last chapter of the hymnal is titled Kniga hisztoriánszka (History Book).

His successor in Pertoča after 1829 was János Kousz, probably György's son.

See also

List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

Sources

Vis. Can. Perestó, 1808. máj.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “György Kousz” as hungarian Slovene teacher and writer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1829, 1808—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1776. The account is most persuasive where György, Kousz and Hungarian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as hungarian Slovene teacher and writer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1119903. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1829 and 1808.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “György Kousz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.