Count József Teleki de Szék (24 October 1790 – 15 February 1855) was a Hungarian jurist and historian, who served as the first President 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 ...

from 1830 until his death. He was born into an old noble Calvinist family. He functioned as

Governor of Transylvania The governor of Transylvania was a viceroy representing the Habsburg monarchs in the Principality (from 1765 Grand Principality) of Transylvania between 1691 and 1867. List of governors Seventeenth century Eighteenth century Nineteenth centu ...

between 1842 and 1848.

Ancestry

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Sources

* Szinnyei, József: ''Magyar írók élete és munkái XIII. (Steiner–Télfy).'' Budapest: Hornyánszky. 1909.
Nagy Ferenc: Teleki József gróf. In: Nemzeti évfordulóink 2005. Bp.: Nemzeti Kulturális Örökség Minisztériuma, 2004
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teleki, Jozsef 1790 births 1855 deaths Historians from the Austrian Empire Jurists from the Austrian Empire 19th-century Hungarian historians Hungarian nobility Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed Christians Jozsef Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences