institution
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
the Academy
also: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA, the learned society
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia), founded 1825 at the urging of Count István Széchenyi; Hungary's supreme learned body, which elected Madách a corresponding member and to whose capital fund he donated part of his author's honorarium.
Reading notes
- Correspondence §3 Academy
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, founded 1825), the country's supreme learned institution; Madách donated part of his author's fee to its capital fund.