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Ján Kollár
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Slovak author writing in Czech (1793–1852)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1793-07-29 ) 29 July 1793, Mosóc, Kingdom of Hungary , (now Mošovce , Slovakia)
- Died
- 24 January 1852 (1852-01-24) (aged 58), Vienna , Austrian Empire
- Occupation
- Writer, poet, pastor
- Nationality
- Slovak
- Notable works
- Slávy dcera
- Relatives
- Matej Kollár (father), Katarína Frndová (mother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ján
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Place of birth
- Mošovce
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- slavist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Employer
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- Slovak
- Field of work
- historiography
- Image
- Jan Vilímek - Jan Kollár.jpg
- Work location
- Jena
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- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Ján Kollár
- place of burial
- Olšany Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1793-07-29
- pseudonym
- Čechobratr Protištúrsky
- date of death
- 1852-01-24
- member of
- Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie
- writing language
- Czech
- name in native language
- Ján Kollár
- different from
- 20991 Jánkollár
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Ján Kollár, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Ján Kollár (Hungarian: Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, Lutheran pastor, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism.
Life
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