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RIP Frederick Sweet

Frederick Sweet was born in New York City of Hungarian parents (both from Budapest) who had immigrated to the United States before World War II. Since Hungarian was spoken at home, Sweet acquired it as a second language.
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Judit Makrai, Freelance Translator

I was born and raised in Budapest. Lived a few months in Vienna and Dover. I am supposedly a clothing engineer in product development, but never worked as one.
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Margaret de Heinrich, Former Chief of Staff to Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

At the age of 27, Margaret was tapped to become a diplomat and moved to Budapest to become Chief of Staff to Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker. It was during this experience that she met her husband, Stephen de Heinrich de Omorovicza and was introduced to the famous Hungarian mineral rich thermal waters.
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Paul Dale, Website Developer

Born in Sussex in 1949, studied to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor through the Universities of London and Reading. Practiced in London's West End and the South of England before moving to property related advertising.
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Xpat Interview: Roger Swinburn

Roger leads a regional executive search business based in Budapest which he established in 1998. He graduated from Liverpool University and became a management accountant with Unilever in the London HQ. Early work involved supporting and accounting for many of Unilever's subsidiaries outside Europe and the US. In 1985 he was posted to Kenya as Commercial Manager for the joint venture growing sunflower and oilseed rape.
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Patrick Wigan, Director, Wigan Acquisitions

Born 1978, Eton-educated before studying International Agribusiness at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and then graduating with a masters degree in Real Estate & Finance from Cass Business School, London.
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