Name

Széchényi Ferenc

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Count

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Place of birth

Fertőszéplak

Date of birth

1754

Place of death

Vienna

Date of death

1820

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Count Ferenc Széchényi (1754-1820) was a Hungarian statesman and the founder of the National Széchényi Library and the Hungarian National Museum. He had a huge collection of books and manuscripts which he donated to the Hungarian nation in 1802. He also made a catalogue of these books and manuscripts which he printed on his own costs and sent abroad to rulers, scientific institutions and Hungarian and foregn scholars. This date is regarded as the date of foundation for the National Széchényi Library and the Hungarian National Museum. He is the father of István Széchényi (1791-1860).

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi