Person    | Male  Born 19/9/1802  Died 20/3/1894

Louis Kossuth

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Hungary

Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician. Governor-President during the 1848 - 9 revolution. Louis is a westernised version of his first name, Lajos. Spent 3 weeks in England in 1851 on a speaking tour, about Hungarian nationalism and independence. One venue was Copenhagen Fields. Died Italy. Researching Kossuth we came across the very useful Hungarians in London site (2025: dead link).

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