Albert Berzeviczy de Berzevicze et Kakaslomnicz (Berzevice, 7 June 1853 – Budapest, 22 March 1936) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1903 and 1905.

Career

He attended to the Law Academy of Kassa and to the

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. He acquired a doctorate in 1924. He worked as leading officer for

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and taught in the Law Academy of Eperjes. His subjects were

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, economy and

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. He served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1895 and 1898. István Tisza appointed him Minister of Education in 1903. Berzeviczy held this position until the Tisza Cabinet's fall. When the Liberal Party, which controlled Hungary from 1875, collapsed, Berzeviczy joined to the newly-forming National Club. For Berzeviczy's proposal, the party was renamed to Party of National Work. He was member of the House of Magnates from 1917 to 1918, and from 1927, when the upper house was reorganized. His function expounded on the space of the culture and the science is considerable apart from his political career. He became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1903, and was appointed president of the organization in 1905. From 1923 until his death he served as chairman of the

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. From 1932 he was the chairman of the Hungarian PEN Club. He was corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founde ...

. He was founding member of the Matthias Corvinus Academy of Sciences, which cultivated the connections between the

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and the

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References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1853 births 1936 deaths People from Sabinov District Hungarians in Slovakia Education ministers of Hungary Speakers of the House of Representatives of Hungary Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Albert, Berzeviczy {{Hungary-politician-stub