LADISLAS

SZALAY (1813-1864)  , Hungarian statesman and historian, was born at Buda on the 18th of April 1813 . After the completion of his studies, he became a member of the Hungarian parliament, and in 1848 he represented Hungary in the German national parliament at Frankfort . He took part in the revolution of 1848-49, and was obliged to seek refuge in Switzerland, where he wrote his history of Hungary . This important work, published at Budapest (1856-186o), extends to 1707 . Szalay also wrote remarkable studies on Pitt, Fox, Mirabeau and other statesmen, and contributed very considerably to the codification of Magyar law . In later life he returned to Hungary, but he died at Salzburg on the 17th of July 1864 . See Alexander Flegler, L. von Szalay (Leipzig, 1866) .