József Teleki | |
Order: | Governor of Transylvania |
Term Start: | 8 January 1842 |
Term End: | 14 November 1848 |
Predecessor: | János Kornis |
Successor: | Imre Mikó (as Chairman of the Gubernium) |
Birth Date: | 1790 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pest, Kingdom of Hungary |
Death Place: | Pest, Kingdom of Hungary |
Profession: | historian, jurist |
Count József Teleki de Szék (24 October 1790 - 15 February 1855) was a Hungarian jurist and historian, who served as the first President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1830 until his death.
He was born into an old noble Calvinist family. He functioned as Governor of Transylvania between 1842 and 1848.