Name

Jancsó Imre

Original name

Main activity

councillor of the Ministry of the Interior

Secondary activity

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Place of birth

Date of birth

1793

Place of death

Date of death

1848

Bibliographical references

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Jancsó Imre (1793–1848) was a 19th-century Hungarian government official. His role as a bibliophile and patron of Hungarian literature and history is acknowledged in library history research. He assembled a significant private library of mainly Hungarian-related rare books and manuscripts. His book collection was sold by his widow to the library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1850.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi