Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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| Abbreviation | HAS |
| Formation | November 3, 1825 [1] |
| Type | national academy |
| Headquarters | Budapest |
| Coordinates | 47°30′05″N 19°02′47″E / 47.5013°N 19.0463°E |
| Region served | Hungary |
| President | József Pálinkás |
| Website | mta.hu |
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in short: HAS; Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.
History
The history of the academy began in 1825 when Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of the Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and the study and propagation of the sciences and the arts in Hungarian. It received its current name in 1845. Its central building was inaugurated in 1865, in neo-Renaissance style.
Sections of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Today it has eleven main sections:
- I. Linguistics and Literary Studies Section
- II. Philosophy and Historical Studies Section,
- III. Mathematical Sciences Section,
- IV. Agricultural Sciences Section,
- V. Medical Sciences Section,
- VI. Technical Sciences Section,
- VII. Chemical Sciences Section,
- VIII. Biological Sciences Section,
- IX. Economics and Law Section,
- X. Earth Sciences Section,
- XI. Physical Sciences Section.
Presidents of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
| József Teleki | November 17, 1830 - February 15, 1855 |
| Emil Dessewffy | April 17, 1855 – January 10, 1866 |
| József Eötvös | March 18, 1866 – February 2, 1871 |
| Menyhért Lónyay | May 17, 1871 – November 3, 1884 |
| Ágoston Trefort | May 28, 1885 – August 22, 1888 |
| Loránd Eötvös | May 3, 1889 – October 5, 1905 |
| Albert Berzeviczy | November 27, 1905 – March 22, 1936 |
| Joseph Habsburg | March 22, 1936 – October 1944 |
| Gyula Kornis | March 7, 1945 – October 29, 1945 |
| Gyula Moór | October 29, 1945 – July 24, 1946 |
| Zoltán Kodály | July 24, 1946 – November 29, 1949 |
| István Rusznyák | November 29, 1949 – February 5, 1970 |
| Tibor Erdey-Grúz | February 5, 1970 – August 16, 1976 |
| János Szentágothai | October 26, 1976 – May 6, 1977 |
| János Szentágothai | May 6, 1977 – May 10, 1985 |
| Iván Berend | May 10, 1985 – May 24, 1990 |
| Domokos Kosáry | May 24, 1990 – May 9, 1996 |
| Ferenc Glatz | May 9, 1996 – May 4, 2002 |
| Szilveszter Vizi | May 5, 2002 – May 6, 2008 |
| József Pálinkás | May 6, 2008 |
Research institutes
- ATOMKI, Institute of Nuclear Research
- Research Institute for Linguistics
- Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI
- Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
- KFKI Research Institutes
- Biological Research Centre, Szeged
- Chemical Research Center of the HAS
- HAS Research Institute of Philosophy
- HAS Institute for Psychology*
- HAS Institute for Astronomy
Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Hungarian: Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the HAS. Some of the known members are György Konrád, Magda Szabó, Péter Nádas writers, Zoltán Kocsis pianist, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó film directors.The president is László Dobszay musical historian.
References
- ^ "A Magyar Tudományos Akadémiáról" (in Hungarian). MTA. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Brief history of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in English)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in English)—also available in Hungarian
- Picture of its central building -- additional picture
- homepage of the Széchenyi Academy
Coordinates: 47°30′3.88″N 19°2′47.4″E / 47.5010778°N 19.046500°E
