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Asboth or Asbóth is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Asboth (1810–1868), Hungarian-American Union Army general *József Asbóth (1917–1986), Hungarian tennis player *Oszkár Asboth Oszkár Asboth, also rendered as Asbóth and Oskar (von) Asboth, (31 March 1891 in Pâncota, Pankota, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (today Pâncota, Romania) – 27 February 1960 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian aeronautical ... (1891–1960), Hungarian aviation pioneer {{surname, Asboth Hungarian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Asboth
Alexander "Sandor" Asboth ( Hungarian: Asbóth Sándor, December 18, 1811 – January 21, 1868) was a Hungarian military leader best known for his victories as a Union general during the American Civil War. He also served as United States Ambassador to Argentina and as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. Early life Asboth was born in Keszthely, Hungary.Cox, pp. 5-6 When Asboth was 8, his family moved to Zombor (now Sombor in Serbia). Asboth wanted to be a soldier, like his elder brother Lajos, but instead his parents decided he should be an engineer. He studied at the Mining Academy of Selmecbánya and the Institutum Geometricum in Pest.Warner, pp. 11-12 After graduation he worked on the construction of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge as a civilian engineer and later he had some part in the river regulation of the Lower-Danube. He joined with freedom-fighter Lajos Kossuth in the 1848 revolutionary movement. In December 1848 he was promoted to captain. During his time as captai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Asbóth
József Asbóth (; 18 September 1917 – 22 September 1986) was a Hungarian tennis player. Born to a family of railway workers, he is best remembered for being the first Hungarian and first player from Eastern Europe to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 French Open (where as the fifth seed he beat Yvon Petra, Tom Brown and Eric Sturgess). He remains the only Hungarian male player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Asbóth was a clay court specialist who was good at keeping the ball in play. Asbóth also reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948 (beating Sturgess and Brown, then losing to John Bromwich). Hungary's Communist government had let him leave the country only after the personal warrant of the Swedish King Gustaf V that Asbóth would return to his homeland and wasn't going to emigrate. In 1941, he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central European Cup. Asboth won the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur or Nice French Riviera Open tournament in 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oszkár Asboth
Oszkár Asboth, also rendered as Asbóth and Oskar (von) Asboth, (31 March 1891 in Pâncota, Pankota, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (today Pâncota, Romania) – 27 February 1960 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian aeronautical engineer, aviation engineer sometimes credited with the invention of the helicopter. His machine used stacked Counter-rotating propellers, counterrotating propellers; Asboth never solved the problem of in-flight stability, this was left to others. He was born the son of Terézia Horváth and Gyula Asboth, a forester. He descended from Lajos Asbóth, known from the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence. He completed his secondary school education in Arad. From a youthful age, he began to explore the possibilities of human flight. After completing his studies, he worked as an aeronautical engineer in Arad, Szabadka and then in Vienna between 1909 and 1913. He built an experimental unmanned flying motorcycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
