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Karl Maria Kertbeny

Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl Maria Benkert; 28 February 1824 – 23 January 1882) was a Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist, and human rights campaigner. Kertbeny coined the words heterosexual and homosexual as the German nouns Heterosexual and Homosexual.

Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer

Born 1824
Died 1882

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Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer

Born 1824
Died 1882

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