Bódog (Felix) Somló (; 1873–1920) was a Hungarian legal scholar of

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heritage. Along with

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and

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. In 1920, he committed suicide out of disgust at the cession of his university to the

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n state, an action that had taken place the previous year.

Books

* Félix Somló: Juristische Grundlehre. Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1917. * Félix Somló: Gedanken zu einer ersten Philosophie. de Gruyter, Berlin 1926. * Félix Somló: Juristische Grundlagen. 2., unveränd. Auflage. Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1927.

References

1873 births 1920 deaths Hungarian jurists Academic staff of Franz Joseph University Hungarian Jews 1920 suicides Suicides in Romania Scholars from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-scientist-stub