Max Schlesinger (1822–81)

Hungarian-born author and newspaper editor. Took part in the Viennese revolution of 1848, publishing articles in favour of a republic and Hungarian autonomy. Fled to London in 1850, and became a correspondent for the Kölnische Zeitung, a liberal newspaper in Cologne. Naturalised British subject by 1871. Published Aus Ungarn (1850; translated into English as The war in Hungary), and Wanderungen durch London (1852; translated into English as Saunterings in and about London).