On 29. March 2013. Hungarian born Cambridge historian of political and economic thought István Hont died. He was 65 years old. As a postgraduate researcher he worked at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Science.

For details of his life and of some of his publications, see: http://www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminars/intros2010-2011/Hont_Introduction.pdf

For a talk with him, with Richard Tuck and others at Harvard, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v83Zh2IenM4