Emil Sax (8 February 1845 – 25 March 1927) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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from Javorník,

Austrian Silesia Austrian Silesia, (historically also ''Oesterreichisch-Schlesien, Oesterreichisch Schlesien, österreichisch Schlesien''); cs, Rakouské Slezsko; pl, Śląsk Austriacki officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, (historically ''Herzogth ...

. He was professor of economics at the

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

from 1879-93, and after it was split in 1882, he first became Dean of the Law College and later Rector for the German Charles-Ferdinand University. As Rector he was also ''ex-officio'' of the , and he was an elected member of the

Imperial Council (Austria) The Imperial Council (german: Reichsrat; cs, Říšská rada, links=yes; pl, Rada Państwa, links=yes; it, Consiglio Imperiale, links=yes; sl, Državni zbor, links=yes; uk, Райхсрат, Державна рада, links=yes; bs, Carevins ...

from 1879-85. He died in

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Literary works

* ''"Die Wohnungszustände der arbeitenden Klassen und ihre Reform"'' (Vienna 1869); * ''"Der Neubau Wiens im Zusammenhang mit der Donauregulierung"'' (das. 1869); * ''"Über Lagerhäuser und Lagerscheine"'' (das. 1869); * ''"Die Ökonomik der Eisenbahnen"'' (das. 1870); * ''"Die Verkehrsmittel in Volks- und Staatswirtschaft"'' (das. 1878-79, 2 Bde.); * ''"Das Wesen und die Aufgaben der Nationalökonomie"'' (das. 1883); * ''"Grundlegung der theoretischen Staatswirtschaft"'' (das. 1887)

References

1845 births 1927 deaths People from Javorník Austrian economists Austrian politicians People from Austrian Silesia Academic staff of Charles University Academic staff of the University of Vienna Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1879–1885) {{Austria-economist-stub