Hungary: High officials attend memorial to historian at Academy of Sciences
Politicians, academics, former students, family and friends gathered at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) on Tuesday to pay tribute to Historian Domokos Kosary, former president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, who died on November 15 at age 95.
President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and House Speaker Katalin Szili paid their respects at the funeral bier.
Kosary's funeral will be held at Budapest's Farkasreti Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
President of the Constitutional Court Mihaly Bihari, former presidents Arpad Goncz and Ferenc Madl, leader of the junior governing Free Democrats Janos Koka, Professor Jozsef Palinkas of main opposition Fidesz also attended the memorial.
Born in Banska Stiavnica, now Slovakia, in 1913, Kosary was a scholar of modern Hungarian and European history who was imprisoned for his role in Hungary's 1956 revolution. He became a member of the MTA in 1985 and presided over the institution from 1990-1996. He published numerous volumes on European history.
He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Grand Cross in 1993 and the Szechenyi award in 1995. He was member of the Royal Historical Society, the British Academy and the Academie Europeenne des Sciences des Arts et des Lettres, among receiving many other honours.
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President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and House Speaker Katalin Szili paid their respects at the funeral bier.
Kosary's funeral will be held at Budapest's Farkasreti Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
President of the Constitutional Court Mihaly Bihari, former presidents Arpad Goncz and Ferenc Madl, leader of the junior governing Free Democrats Janos Koka, Professor Jozsef Palinkas of main opposition Fidesz also attended the memorial.
Born in Banska Stiavnica, now Slovakia, in 1913, Kosary was a scholar of modern Hungarian and European history who was imprisoned for his role in Hungary's 1956 revolution. He became a member of the MTA in 1985 and presided over the institution from 1990-1996. He published numerous volumes on European history.
He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Grand Cross in 1993 and the Szechenyi award in 1995. He was member of the Royal Historical Society, the British Academy and the Academie Europeenne des Sciences des Arts et des Lettres, among receiving many other honours.