Alajos Hauszmann
life
Hauszmann Alajos (June 9, 1847 - July 31, 1926) was an Austro-Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Hauszmann was born in Buda in 1847 into a family of Bavarian origin as the son of Ferenc Hauszmann and Anna Maár (siblings: Hermina (1845–1929), Ferenc (1850–1918) and Kornélia (1854-1837)). He studied painting from 1861, then became a bricklayer's apprentice. In 1864 he attended Technical University of Budapest, and in 1866 he continued architecture studies at the Bauakademie in Berlin, along with Ödön Lechner.