Name

Kossuth Lajos

Original name

Main activity

Lawyer

Secondary activity

Journalist, Politician

Title

Name variations

Louis Kossuth, Ľudovít Košút"

Education place

Budapest

Education institution

University of Budapest

Activity place

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Monok

Date of birth

1802

Place of death

Turin

Date of death

1894

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Louis Kossuth (Kossuth Lajos) (1802-1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman, and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–1849. His private library was brought back to Hungary shortly after his death and is now found in the National Széchényi Library.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi