Mázi Béla, Rozsondai Marianne: A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia és az 1848/49-es forradalom és szabadságharc : kiállítás a 150 éves évfordulón a Magyar Tudomány Napja 1998-as rendezvényeihez kapcsolódóan

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National Museum. Later studies confirmed that the sarcophagi contained the skeletons of King Béla III (fi 196) and his wife. A longer pause followed. Duke Windisch-Grätz, Commander-in-Chief of the imperial troops entering Pest-Buda on 6 January 1849, declared a state of siege (board 10/a), and President TELEKI (painting) suspended all activities of the HAS. Normal daily work recommenced only after the April 30 withdrawal of the troops from Pest. Military manoeuvres did not cease to affect the working of the HAS, however. Because of the siege of the fortress of Buda and the shelling of Pest, the May 7 session had to be adjourned. It was due only to good luck that the shelling did not do severe damages to the academic collections: as a result of heavy shell-fire, the roof of the Trattner-Károlyi house caught fire but it did not spread over to the third floor, where the Library of the HAS resided. Five members of the HAS were appointed cabinet members in the Batthyány government (board 5/a): Vice-President Count István Széchenyi became Minister of Transportation, honorary member (HM) Ferenc Deák (board 4/a: painting) Minister of Justice, novelist Baron József Eötvös (HM) Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Bertalan Szemere (CM) Minister of the Interior, and Colonel Lázár Mészáros (CM) Minister of Defence. Mihály Horváth became Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in the 1849 Szemere government. Art historian Ferenc Pulszky (HM) (painting) was appointed under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, scientist Károly Szász the Eldest (M) at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, and Ágoston Trefort (CM) (board 1: litograph: Trefort with Eötvös) at the Ministiy of Agriculture, Industry, and Trade. Ministerial counsellors included legal historian György Bartal the Elder (board 4/a: painting; show-case 4: no. 2), member of the Academy's Board of Directors, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sámuel Fabriczy (table: nos. 2, 3) at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Historian and linguist Pál Jászay (M) was secretary of Prime Minister Count Lajos Batthyány. Members elected in the first parliament included novelist Baron Zsigmond Kemény (HM) and Mihály Vörösmarty (both moved to Debrecen with the Batthyány government). Historian László Szalay (M), novelist Count László Teleki (CM), and Ferenc Pulszky entered the diplomatic service and spent several years in exile after 1849. Still others joined the National Guard or the recently raised Territorial Army. Philosopher Gusztáv SZONTÁGH (M) (painting; show-case 1: no. 8), himself a regular until 1837, drilled national guardsmen of Pécel and Rákoscsaba. Retired captain and judge advocate Ferenc KÁLLAY (M) (table: nos.