Gyula Kornis
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The native form of this personal name is Kornis Gyula. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Gyula Kornis (originally Kremer Gyula; 22 December 1885 – 17 April 1958) was a Hungarian Piarist, philosopher, educator, professor and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for a short time in 1938.
Quick Facts Speaker of the House of Representatives, Preceded by ...
Gyula Kornis | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 20 May 1938 – 1 December 1938 | |
Preceded by | Sándor Sztranyavszky |
Succeeded by | Kálmán Darányi |
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Born | (1885-12-22)22 December 1885 Vác, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 17 April 1958(1958-04-17) (aged 72) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary |
Political party | Unity Party Party of National Unity |
Profession | educator |
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He had an important role in implementation of educational policy of Count Kuno von Klebelsberg, Minister of Religion and Education in the cabinet of István Bethlen in the 1920s. Kornis also served as interim President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1945, after the Second World War.
In the 1933/34 academic year, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University.