Mihály Horváth

Mihály Horváth
Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office 2 May 1849 – 11 August 1849
Preceded by	Károly Szász
Succeeded by	József Eötvös
Personal details
Born	(1809-10-20)20 October 1809 Szentes, Austrian Empire
Died	19 August 1878(1878-08-19) (aged 68) Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Independent
Profession	priester, bishop

Mihály Horváth (20 October 1809, Szentes – 19 August 1878, Karlsbad) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop, historian, and politician. He was an exponent of Hungarian nationalism with an emphasis on its historical culture.

Further reading

• Baar, Monika. Historians and Nationalism: East-Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century (2010) excerpt, pp 35–40 and passim

External links

• His portrait
• His biography on the Szentes's Horváth Mihály Secondary School homepage
• His activity in the Hungarian Historical Society (in Hungarian: Magyar Történelmi Társulat).