1. Josef Kaizl was a Czech professor, economist, and politician in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
19 Facts About Josef Kaizl
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Josef Kaizl was a member of the Imperial Council, and Cisleithanian finance minister.
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Josef Kaizl served as the first Czech economics teacher at the Charles University.
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Josef Kaizl studied German and later Czech during parochial school at the Church of Our Lady Victorious.
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Josef Kaizl later went on to study economics at the University of Strasbourg under Gustav von Schmoller and Georg Friedrich Knapp.
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Josef Kaizl would become a large proponent of the Schmoller historical method, and spread it through his writings.
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Josef Kaizl viewed Masaryk's theory as illiberal and too religiously focused.
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Josef Kaizl believed Czech national revival derived its true roots from the French and American Revolutions.
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Unlike Masaryk, Josef Kaizl became a longstanding fixture within the Young Czech party.
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Josef Kaizl played a critical role in becoming a moderating force against radicalism in the Young Czech party.
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In 1895 Masaryk and Josef Kaizl had a disagreement due to Masaryk's criticism of liberalism and his support of the idea that common Czech national identity is rooted from the Czech Hussites; Josef Kaizl instead advocated for the standard European liberal ideology and nationalism.
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Josef Kaizl defined the concept of phasing politics, and said that the young Czechs are temperamentally connected to the liberalism and democratization of Austria-Hungary.
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Josef Kaizl completed regular negotiation of financial transactions between both halves of the Austria-Hungarian dual monarchy.
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Josef Kaizl made significant contributions towards the establishment of the Brno University of Technology.
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Josef Kaizl would remain the de facto head of the Young Czechs, and repeatedly acted as a moderating element.
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Josef Kaizl would defend his seat in parliament and the Vienna Imperial Council until his death, where he would then be replaced by the deputy chair Franz Fiedler.
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Josef Kaizl died unexpectedly at the age of 47 in his summer residence at village Myslkovice.
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Josef Kaizl's body was embalmed and buried in Prague's Vysehrad Cemetery.
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Josef Kaizl's tomb is adorned with a statue crafted by Czech sculptor Bohumil Kafka.