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A. de (Auguste) Gérando
1819–1849
A French essayist and historian with close ties to Hungary, he wrote vivid works on Transylvania and Hungarian public life before dying at just 30. His books capture a curious, observant mind at work in a turbulent age.
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Essai historique sur l'origine des Hongrois
by A. de (Auguste) Gérando
About the author
Born in Lyon on April 4, 1819, Auguste de Gérando was a French essayist and historian. Reliable library and reference sources identify him as a disciple and friend of Jules Michelet, and as an author especially known for books on Hungary and Transylvania.
His best-known work is La Transylvanie et ses habitants (1845), a study of the land and people of Transylvania. Sources also connect his interest in Hungary to his marriage to Emma Teleki, and note that he became closely engaged with Hungarian history and politics during the reform era.
De Gérando died in Dresden on December 8, 1849. Though his life was brief, his writing left a valuable contemporary view of Central Europe in the years around the revolutions of 1848.