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Helfert, Joseph Alexander Freiherr vonHelfert, Baron Joseph Alexander, b. Prague (Czech Republic), Nov. 3, 1820, d. Vienna, March 16, 1910; conservative politician, historian, permanent subordinate Staatssekretär in the Ministry of Education (1848-1860, afterwards its provisional director until its abolition in 1861); advocated equality for all nations especially in the field of education, founder in 1854 of the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian History Research) and together with F. M. Schindler the Leo-Gesellschaft, Österreichische (1892). Literature: H. Koller, Die Haltung des Frh. J. A. v. H. zu den Hauptproblemen der Monarchie, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1962; M. Schmolke (ed.), Wegbereiter der Publizistik in Österreich, 1992.
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