Manó Kogutowicz
Manó Kogutowicz or Emanuel Thomas Kogutovicz (21 December 1851 – 22 December 1908) was a Polish people, Polish-Hungarians, Hungarian cartographer. He was the founder of the Hungarian Geographical Institute. Life and career Manó Kogutowicz was born in Židlochovice, Moravia, Austrian Empire on 21 December 1851. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the Kingdom of Hungary was able to partially re-establish its sovereignty and expanded its influence in public life and administration. The following year, the Elementary Education Act of 1868 was passed that required school attendance from ages 6 to 15, with a penalty for disobedience. The law also stipulated that students would be instructed in their own native languages. However there were no Hungarian-language maps or atlases available for elementary or secondary education. Kogutowicz published a small school atlas with five pages of maps of Budapest and the surrounding area. The initial atlas ('Small Atlas with a coun ...
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