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József Eötvös

Died in 1871

József Eötvös was born in Buda on 3 September 1813, the son of Baron Ignác Eötvös, a high dignitary of the kingdom. He studied at the University of Pest, married Ágnes Rosty in 1842 and became known through his articles in the Pesti Hírlap. Minister of Public Instruction in the Batthyány government in 1848, he became minister again in 1867 and had the emancipation of the Jews passed that same year, followed by a law on public schools. Elected president of the Hungarian Academy in 1866, he died in Pest on 2 February 1871.

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