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Karl-Maria Kertbeny

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Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer

WritersLived 1824 to 1882 · aged 57
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Karl Maria Kertbeny, born German: Karl Maria Benkert, German: [ˈbɛŋkɐt]; also Hungarian: Kertbeny Károly, Kertbeny Károly Mária, (eredetileg) Benkert Károly Mária; 28 February 1824 - 23 January 1882) was an Austrian-born Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist and human rights campaigner.

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First use of the words Monosexual, Homosexual, and Heterosexual in a letter written on 6 May 1868First use of the words Monosexual, Homosexual, and Heterosexual in a letter written on 6 May 1868The grave of Károly Kertbeny in the cemetery on Kerepesi út in BudapestThe grave of Károly Kertbeny in the cemetery on Kerepesi út in Budapest

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Karl Maria Kertbeny, born German: Karl Maria Benkert, German: [ˈbɛŋkɐt]; also Hungarian: Kertbeny Károly, Kertbeny Károly Mária, (eredetileg) Benkert Károly Mária; 28 February 1824 - 23 January 1882) was an Austrian-born Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist and human rights campaigner. Kertbeny coined the words heterosexual and homosexual as the German nouns Heterosexualität and Homosexualität.

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Lived 1824 to 1882 · aged 57
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