Baron Gyula Wlassics de Zalánkemén (17 March 1852 – 30 March 1937) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Minister of Religion and Education between 1895 and 1903.
Description
In December 1895 Wlassics passed a law that allowed women, among whom
Sarolta Steinberger, to attend
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
to study medicine.
[Women can also study at Hungarian universities]
, 19 December 2011, Hirek.sk, Retrieved 21 April 2017
Wlassics favoured the free religious practice. He initiated the establishing of the museums' and the libraries' uniform organization with a national level. King
Franz Joseph I
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...
awarded him with
Iron Crown of Austria. He served as
Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1918 and from 1927 to 1935. Wlassics was member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...
.
References
External links
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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1852 births
1937 deaths
19th-century Hungarian people
20th-century Hungarian people
Ministers of education of Hungary
Speakers of the House of Magnates
Hungarian nobility
People from Zalaegerszeg
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