At the
University of Budapest he received a mathematics-physics degree in 1883 and a doctorate in 1884. In 1908 he was an Invited Speaker of the
ICM in Rome. In 1914 he was elected a corresponding member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1922 the official Council of the University of Budapest condemned his political activity, dismissed him from the University, and took away his membership in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. After his dismissal he worked for a publishing firm. Since 1950 the
János Bolyai Mathematical Society has awarded the Máno Beke Commemorative Prize for teaching and popularization of mathematics. ==Selected publications==