DOBRENTEI, GABOR (GABRIEL) Hunga rian philologist and antiquary, was born at Nagyszollos. He com pleted his studies at the Universities of Wittenberg and Leipzig, and became a tutor in Transylvania. In 1820 Dobrentei settled at Budapest, where he held various official posts, and there he spent the rest of his life. His great work is the Ancient Monu. ments of the Magyar Language (Regi Magyar Nyelvemlekek, 1838 seq.), the editing of which was entrusted to him by the Hungarian Academy. Dobrentei was one of the organizers, under the presidency of Count Teleki, of the Hungarian Academy. He died at his country house, near Budapest, on March 28, 1851.