Ap-iplexy In San Francisco: Hungarian violinist: b. liskolc, Hungary, July 17, 1830: d. San Fran-isco, Calif., May 15, 1898. After musical studies t the Vienna Conservatory, he was exiled for aking part in the Hungarian rebellion of 1848, «coming an itinerant violinist in the United States. Back in Europe in 1853, he temporarily ngaged young Johannes Brahms as his accom-anist; spent time at Weimar in contact with rranz Liszt; and in 1854 became a court musi-ian to Queen Victoria. Forgiven his political ndiscretions in 1860, he received a court appoint -lent at Vienna. After 1865 he constantly toured ,s a virtuoso violinist, successfully visiting much if Europe as well as North America, Africa, and Vsia. On his final concert tour, he died of ap-iplexy in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE,a state coeducational institution, located on a 94-acre campus near Lake Merced in southwestern San Francisco, Calif. Established in 1899 as San Francisco State Normal School, it became the San Francisco State Teachers College in 1921, and a state college under its present name in 1935, offering courses in liberal arts and sciences to supplement the professional work in education. In 1945 the college was authorized a five-year program for providing general secondary school credentials.
SAN FRANCISCO, san fran-sis'ko, city and port of entry, California, coextensive with San Francisco County and occupying the tip of the hilly San Francisco Peninsula, which lies midway on the coast of northern California. It is about 350 miles north of Los Angeles. Long known for the beauty of its site, its cosmopolitanism, and its varied and colorful history, it is one of the world's great seaports and the trading center of an extensive area rich in natural resources.
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