Emil Reich

Born in Eperjes, Hungary, on March 24, 1854, Emil Reich was a Hungarian-born historian and essayist from a Jewish family. He studied at Prague, Budapest, and Vienna, and later lived and worked in the United States and France before settling in England, where he spent his final years.

Reich wrote widely on history, politics, and civilization, with books including Success Among Nations, General History of Western Nations, and Atlas Antiquus. He also contributed literary and critical writing, and was known for trying to connect scholarship with the wider public rather than writing only for specialists.

He died in London on December 11, 1910. Remembered as an energetic and independent-minded writer, he built a career that moved across countries, languages, and subjects.