Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Also known as Tomáš Jan Masaryk, Tomáš Masaryk, Tomás Garrigue Masaryk, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, T. G. Masaryk, Thomas Masaryk, TGM

Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)

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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was a Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist, and philosopher who served as the country's first president. He lived from 1850 to 1937 and played a foundational role in establishing and shaping Czechoslovakia during a critical period of European history.

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Born: 1850
Died: 1937
Works: 248

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Svĕtová revoluce za války a ve válce, 1914-1918
Zvláštní číslo ku poctě 85. narozenin presidenta republiky T.G. Masaryka
Les problèmes de la démocratie
Česká otázka
Hovory s T.G. Masarykem

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Milan Rastislav Štefánik2019
TGM the Liberator — Self (archive footage)1990
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy — Self (archive footage)1968
The Last Years — Self (archive footage)1963
October 28, 1918 in Prague — Self (archive footage)1931
Za svobodu národa — Self1920

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Works in European collections

7 objects attributed to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Letter from Tomás G. Masaryk to Christian von Ehrenfels

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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 1850 – 14 September 1937) was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of Czechoslovakia.

Born in Hodonín, Moravia (then part of the Austrian Empire), Masaryk obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna and was a professor of philosophy at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. He began his political career as a deputy of the Austrian Reichsrat, serving from 1891 to 1893 and from 1907 to 1914. He was an advocate of restructuring the Austro-Hungarian Empire into a federal state, but by the outbreak of the First World War, he had become a supporter of Czech and Slovak independence. He went into exile, and travelled around Europe to organise and promote the Czechoslovak cause. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Czechoslovak Legion, which fought against the Central Powers during the war. In 1918, Masaryk, along with his protégés Edvard Beneš and Milan Rastislav Štefánik, travelled to the United States to obtain support from President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing. Their negotiations resulted in the Washington Declaration, which proclaimed the independence of a Czechoslovak state.