Pavel Jozef Šafárik
Slovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)
Pavel Jozef Šafárik was born on May 13, 1795 in Kobeliarovo and died on June 26, 1861 in Prague, aged 66. Recorded occupations: translator, linguist, poet, historian, pedagogue and journalist. Country of citizenship: Austrian Empire. Fields of work: linguistics, history, philology and library science. Educated at University of Jena and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium (Novi Sad). Honours include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class and honorary citizen of Prague. Member of Society of Serbian Letters, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
- Born
- May 13, 1795 · Kobeliarovo
- Died
- June 26, 1861 · Prague
- Age at death
- 66
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Occupations
- translator, linguist, poet, historian, pedagogue, journalist
- Education
- University of Jena, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium (Novi Sad)
- Honours
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, honorary citizen of Prague
- Wikipedia editions
- 36 languages
- Signature licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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