!!!Sommaruga, Franz Freiherr von

b. Vienna, April 18, 1780, 
d. Heiligenstadt (Vienna), Oct. 2, 1860, law scholar. University 
professor in Lemberg, then high official in Vienna. From March to July 
1848 Minister of Education, from April also Minister of Justice. 
Proclaimed the freedom of teaching and learning and abolished the 
pillory and branding as legal punishment.



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