death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
27 august 1897 zilah , kingdom of hungary , austria-hungary szilágysámson , kingdom of hungary , austrian empire 200px hungarian 25 november 1825 szikszai lajos.jpg lajos szikszai
 lajos szikszai politician
lajos szikszai

lajos szikszai -lrb- november 25 , 1825 -- august 31 , 1897 -rrb- was a hungarian revolutionary , politician , member of parliament , vicecomes of szilágy county and art collector .
szikszai was born in szilágysámson -lrb- Șamșud -rrb- into a noble family .
after 1840 , he studied at the calvinist high school in zilah -lrb- zalău -rrb- .
he was a participant at the hungarian revolution of 1848 .
from 1862 szikszai worked as a lawyer .
in 1875 he became a member of the national assembly of hungary and from 1883 he was the vicecomes of szilágy county .
in 1880 , lajos szikszai donated his private collection to the municipality and the first museum in zilah was created .
in his last years , he initiated the construction of the tuhutum monument , once located in a park in zalău named after lajos szikszai .
