Name

Teleki József

Original name

Main activity

Historian

Secondary activity

Politician, Jurist

Title

Count

Name variations

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Education place

Cluj-Napoca, Budapest

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Pest

Date of birth

1790

Place of death

Pest

Date of death

1855

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Count József Teleki (1790–1855) was a Hungarian jurist and historian, who served as the first President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1830 until his death. He and his family did not only financially support the foundation of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences but he offered his 30,000 volume library to the Academy in 1826 as well.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi