Jozef Miloslav Hurban

Politician

1817 – 1888

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Who was Jozef Miloslav Hurban?

Jozef Miloslav Hurban, pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský, was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849, a Slovak writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life and a Protestant priest. He first supported Ján Kollár, but later turned to Ľudovít Štúr. His son Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský followed his father's footsteps both as a writer and nationalist.

The city of Hurbanovo in southern Slovakia and asteroid 3730 Hurban are named after him.

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Born
Mar 19, 1817
Beckov
Ethnicity
  • Slovaks
Profession
Died
Feb 21, 1888
Hlboké

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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