- Vilmos Fraknói
Vilmos Fraknói (Ürmény, today
Mojmírovce ,Slovakia ,February 27 ,1843 –Budapest ,November 20 ,1924 ) was a prominent Hungarian historian. He was an expert in Hungarian ecclesiastical history.Life
Vilmos Fraknói (originally "Vilmos Frankl") came from a
Jewish family inUpper Hungary . He studiedRoman Catholic theology and philosophy, and was ordained a priest in 1865. He followed a successful ecclesial career: became canon ofNagyvárad in 1878, titular abbot ofSzekszárd in 1879 andtitular bishop of Arbe in 1892.Fraknói began studying Hungarian history at an early age. He published his first work in 1868, at the age of 25, about the life of
Péter Pázmány – the greatest figure of HungarianCounter-Reformation – in three volumes. He wrote about other famous Catholic personalities, like János Vitéz andTamás Bakócz , theRenaissance archbishops ofEsztergom , works written in 1879 and 1889.In 1875 Fraknói was appointed guardian of the
Hungarian National Museum . He became the supervisor of all Hungarian museums and libraries in 1897. From 1870 onwards Fraknói was a member of theHungarian Academy of Sciences , and held important positions in the Hungarian academic life. Fraknói established theHungarian Historical Institute in Rome .Work
As a historian, Fraknói was revered for his knowledge of the Hungarian-related documents in the main European archives, especially the archives of
Rome ,Vienne ,Florence ,Venice ,Naples ,Milan ,Paris ,Munich ,Berlin ,Kraków ,Hague andCopenhagen . He was a member of several international scientific societies.Fraknói was the editor of several important series:
*"Értekezések a történettudományok köréből" ("Historical Dissertations")
*"Magyar Országgyűlési Emlékek" ("Sources of Hungarian Parliamentary History")
*"Monumenta Vaticana"His other famous works are about King
Louis II of Hungary (1878), the age of theHunyadi s and Jagiellos (1896),István Werbőczy (1899) andIgnác Martinovics (1921).Persondata
NAME=Fraknói, Vilmos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Frankl, Wilhelm;Fraknói, Wilhelm;Fraknói, Vilmos;Fraknói, W.; Fraknói, Wilhelm;Fraknói, Vilhelmus;Fraknói, Guilhelmus; Fraknói, Guglielmo;Frankl, Vilmos;Franke, Vilmos;Franke, Wilhelm
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DATE OF BIRTH=17 February 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH=Nitra ,Slovakia
DATE OF DEATH=20 November 1924
PLACE OF DEATH=Budapest
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