Károly Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd

Károly Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd
Born 16 May 1842
Vienna
Died 31 January 1904(1904-01-31) (aged 61)
Florence
Occupation Ethnographer
Linguist


Károly Jenő Ujfalvy de Mezőkövesd (16 May 1842 – 31 January 1904) was a noted Austro-Hungarian ethographic researcher and linguist. of Central Asia and the Himalayas. Also known as Charles de Ujfalvy in his adopted France, Ujfalvy traveled to Samarkand and Bokhara and led an expedition to the Kashmir in 1880.[1]

He was born at Székelykövesd/Cuieşd, in Transylvania, and died at Florence.

Ujfalvy also published under the following names: Mezőkövesdi Újfalvy Károly Jenő, or Karl Eugen Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd, Charles-Eugène Ujfalvy de Mezökövesd, or Mező-Kövesd.

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References

  1. Khan, Omar (2002). From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900. London: Book Site. p. 74.

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