Background
Kosáry was born in Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica) and opposed the German occupation and collaboration with Hungary during World World War World War II
historian university professor writer
Kosáry was born in Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica) and opposed the German occupation and collaboration with Hungary during World World War World War II
Degree, University Budapest, Hungary. Doctor of Philosophy, University Budapest, Hungary, 1936. Postgraduate, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1937.
Postgraduate, Institute History Research, London, 1939.
Professor Eötvös College, U. Budapest, 1937-1950; director institute history, Teleki Institute, 1945-1949; archivist scientific researcher, scientific counsellor, Institute History Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest corresponding member, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1982; ordinary member, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1985; president, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1990-1996; president, National Committee Hungarian Historians, Budapest, 1985-1990. Founder, editor-in-chief Revue d'Histoire Comparée, Budapest, 1943-1948. Professor of University Budapest, 1946-1949.
He lost influence in Hungary after the war due to the Communist takeover of the country for being too "bourgeois." He was imprisoned for his opposition to Communism following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
President Revolutionary Council Historians, 1956. Member Academy Europaea (London), Academy Europeénne (Paris), British Academy, Croatian Academy Arts and Sciences, Romanian Academy of Sciences.
Married Klára Huszti, December 15, 1937 (widowed 1978).