Once qualified, he moved to London to teach and continued his studies, eventually gaining an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1946.

BBC: Rhys Thomas Lewis

He continued his medical studies in Nashville, Tennessee, before completing his training in California and the University of Arizona, where he studied cardiology.

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Mr Harsanyi put up with it for a time, and continued with his studies, but in 1950 he left for Australia, about as far away from Europe as he could get.

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