Pulszky, FRANCIS AURELIUS

Pulszky, FRANCIS AURELIUS, Hungarian politician and author, was born at Eperies, 17th September 1814, and after a course of legal studies travelled abroad, publishing (1837) a successful book on England. In 1848 he was appointed to a government post under Esterhazy, but, suspected of sharing in the revolution, fled to London, where he wrote for the papers. When Kossuth came to England Pulszky became his companion, and went with him to America (described in White, Red, and Black, 1852). His wife wrote Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady (Lond. 1850), and Tales and Traditions of Hungary (1851). He was condemned to death by the Austrian government in 1852, but, after living in Italy from 1852 to 1866, was pardoned in 1867. He has sat in the parliament, and been director of museums and libraries throughout the country. His autobiographic memoirs (4 vols. 1879–82) were translated into German. See F. W. Newman, Reminiscences of Two Exiles (1889).