László Szalay de Kéménd (April 18, 1813 – July 17, 1864) was a Hungarian

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and historian. Szalay was born in

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. After the completion of his studies, he became a member of the

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, and in 1848 he represented

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in the German national parliament at

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. He took part in the revolution of 1848–49, and was obliged to seek refuge in

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, where he wrote his history of Hungary. This important work, published at

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(1856–1860), extends to 1707. Szalay also wrote remarkable studies on Pitt,

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and other statesmen, and contributed very considerably to the codification of Magyar law. In later life he returned to Hungary, but he died at

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on July 17, 1864.

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* Hungarian politicians 19th-century Hungarian historians 1813 births 1864 deaths {{Hungary-historian-stub