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Rusztem Vámbéry (February 29, 1872, in Budapest – October 24, 1948, in New York) was a judge, politician and criminologist of international standing.
He was the son of the famed orientalist Ármin Vámbéry. Edward Prince of Wales (later King
Rusztem Vámbéry (February 29, 1872, in Budapest – October 24, 1948, in New York) was a judge, politician and criminologist of international standing.
He was the son of the famed orientalist Ármin Vámbéry. Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria a ...
of the United Kingdom) was his godfather. He studied law in Halle Halle may refer to:
Places Germany
* Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt
** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt
** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany
** Hall ...
and Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
. In Hungary, he had opposed the policy of Béla Kun
Béla Kun (born Béla Kohn; 20 February 1886 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. After attending Franz Joseph University at Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Na ...
's Soviet Republic and Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( hu, Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; ; English: Nicholas Horthy; german: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957), was a Hungarian admiral and dictator who served as the regen ...
's Regency. He lived in the U.S. from 1938, teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. from September 5, 1947, to May 2, 1948.
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* * 1872 births 1948 deaths Hungarian Jews Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni Ambassadors of Hungary to the United States Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1945–1947) {{Hungary-bio-stub