Lajos Tódor Károly Kossuth
1844–1918 (age 74)
Biography
Lajos Tódor Károly Kossuth applied his engineering skill to the emerging railways, believing that secure iron roads would knit towns together and support the prosperity of distant regions.
His colleagues honored him for technical precision and for mentoring younger engineers, while communities along the routes recall how the lines he helped design opened new opportunities for trade and travel.