Adam František Kollár

Historian, Author

1718 – 1783

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Who was Adam František Kollár?

Adam František Kollár de Keresztén was a Slovak jurist, Imperial-Royal Court Councilor and Chief Imperial-Royal Librarian, a member of Natio Hungarica in the Kingdom of Hungary, a historian, ethnologist, an influential advocate of Empress Maria Theresa's Enlightened and centralist policies. His advancement of Maria Theresa's status in the Kingdom of Hungary as its apostolic ruler in 1772 was used as an argument in support of the subsequent Habsburg annexations of Galicia and Dalmatia. Kollár is also credited with coining the term ethnology and providing its first definition in 1783. Some authors see him as one of the earliest pro-Slovak, pro-Slavic, and pan-Slavic activists in the Habsburg Monarchy.

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Born
Apr 17, 1718
Terchová
Also known as
  • Adam Franz Kollár
  • Adam Franciscus Kollar
  • Adam Franz Kollar
  • Ádám Ferenc Kollár
  • Adam F. Kollár
Parents
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Slovaks
Nationality
  • Kingdom of Hungary
Profession
Education
  • University of Vienna
    (1740 - 1743)
  • University of Vienna
    Theology
    (1744 - 1748)
Employment
  • Lecturer, University of Vienna
    (1748 - 1751)
Lived in
  • Banská Bystrica
  • Vienna
Died
Jul 10, 1783
Vienna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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