Herbert Furth

Josef Herbert Furth (J. Herbert Furth, October 12, 1899, Vienna, Austria – March 6, 1995, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States) was an Austrian and American jurist and economist.

He was the son of Ernestine von Fürth, née "Kisch", the founder and leader of the women's suffrage movement in Austria and Emil von Fürth (1863 - 1911), an Austrian lawyer and politician.

In 1938, after Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany Furth and his mother emigrated to the United States.

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