About Félix Somló
Lived 1873 – 1920 (aged 47). Félix Somló was a Hungarian and Austrian jurist, philosopher, university teacher and sociologist.
Bódog (Felix) Somló (; 1873–1920) was a Hungarian legal scholar of Jewish heritage. Along with Hans Kelsen and Georg Jellinek, he belonged to the range of Austrian Legal Positivists.
He was a professor at the University of Kolozsvár. In 1920, he committed suicide out of disgust at the cession of his university to the Romanian state, an action that had taken place the previous year.
Books Félix Somló: Juristische Grundlehre. Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1917. Félix Somló: Gedanken zu einer ersten Philosophie. de Gruyter, Berlin 1926. Félix Somló: Juristische Grundlagen. 2., unveränd. Auflage. Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1927.
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Who was Félix Somló?
Hungarian legal scholar (1873–1920)
When was Félix Somló born?
Félix Somló was born on 21 July 1873 in Bratislava.
When did Félix Somló die?
Félix Somló died on 28 September 1920 in Cluj-Napoca.
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Félix Somló was a jurist, philosopher, university teacher and sociologist.
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Félix Somló was Hungarian and Austrian.
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