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Hug Meltzl of Lomnitz was a Hungarian scholar who was a professor at, and later rector of, Franz Joseph University.

Hug Meltzl was born in Szszrgen, Hungary . His native language was German. He studied at the University of Kolozsvr and in Germany. He was appointed as professor of German history and language of the newly founded Franz Joseph University. From 1880 to 1889 he was the leader of the Faculty, then in 1894 he became the rector of the University. He was abroad at several times, including visiting Algeria. One of his major successes was that he made well known the works of Sndor Petfi and Jzsef Etvs in abroad.

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