Domokos Kosáry ([ˈdomokoʃ ˈkoʃaːri], 31 July 1913 – 15 November 2007) was a Hungarian historian and writer who served as president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1990 until 1996.[1]
Kosáry was born in Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica) and opposed the German occupation and collaboration with Hungary during World War II.[1] He lost influence in Hungary after the war due to the Communist takeover of the country for being too "bourgeois".[1] He was imprisoned for his opposition to Communism following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956.[1]
Kosáry was unanimously elected president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) in 1990 and was re-elected to a second three-year term in 1993.[1] He led the effort to introduce newer, more democratic bye laws at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[1] The new laws governing the HAS were enacted by the Parliament of Hungary in 1994.[1]
Kosáry died in Budapest on 15 November 2007 at the age of 95.[1]
Selected works
A History of Hungary (as Dominic G. Kosary), Benjamin Franklin Bibliophile Society, 1941.
Napoleon et la Hongrie, Akademiai Kiado Budapest, 1979
The Press During the Hungarian Revoluton of l848-1849, East European Monographs, 1987
Culture and Society in Eighteenth Century Hungary, Corvina, 1987.
Hungary and International Politics in 1848-1849, East European Monographs, 2003
