Szerecz Imre (szerk.): Richard Bright utazásai a Dunántúlon 1815 (Veszprém Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága, 1970)

INTRODUCTION Tasteful inscriptions commemorate Bright's visits in many hungarian places. His large diary is a splendid echo of the frequent intercourses of the two countries since the time when first the Saxon King Edmond Ironside fled to the Court of St. Stephen until the brilliant speeches of Kossuth in England received with enthusiasm by his English audiences. An exact description and analysis of kidney disease bears the name of the prominent physician to the Guy's Hospital Richard Bright D. M. He was a great traveller and geologist as well. The third of four sons in a family of seven, he was born on September 28th, 1789 in Queens' Square, Bristol. His father was a member of the wealthy banking firm of Ames, Bright and Cove. He was educated at a private school Conducted by Dr. Estlin, and it was there that he first made friends with Henry Holland. In 1808 he entered the University of Edinburgh and began the study of Medicine. Then camc a break in his routine studies and he joined with Henry Holland in a great adventure. Sir George Mac Kenzie of Coul, the geologist, was about to undertake an expedition to survey Iceland and when he sailed he was accompanied by the two eager young medical students. In his preface to the volume „Travels in the Island II of Iceland" MacKenzic recorded the results of the ex-