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Rusztem Vámbéry (29 February 1872 in Budapest – 24 October 1948 in New York) was a judge, politician and criminologist of international standing.
He was the son of the famed orientalist
Rusztem Vámbéry (29 February 1872 in Budapest – 24 October 1948 in New York) was a judge, politician and criminologist of international standing.
He was the son of the famed orientalist Ármin Vámbéry
Ármin Vámbéry (born Hermann Wamberger; 19 March 183215 September 1913), also known as Arminius Vámbéry, was a Hungarian Turkologist and traveller.
Early life
Vámbéry was born in 1832 in the Hungarian city of Szentgyörgy within the ...
. Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910.
The second child ...
of the United Kingdom) was his godfather. He studied law in Halle and Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
. 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 in 1919 governed the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
After attending Franz Joseph University at Kolozsvár (today Cluj-N ...
's Soviet Republic and Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...
's Regency. He lived in the U.S. from 1938, teaching at the New School for Social Research
The New School for Social Research (NSSR), previously known as The University in Exile and The New School University, is a graduate-level educational division of The New School in New York City, United States. NSSR enrolls more than 1,000 stud ...
in New York. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. from 5 September 1947 to 2 May 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-politician-stub