Jozef Miloslav Hurban

Jozef Miloslav Hurban
Born(1817-03-19)19 March 1817
Beckó, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died21 February 1888(1888-02-21) (aged 70)
Luboka, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Hurban's memorial in Žilina
Young Hurban in a book by Vladimír Mináč

Jozef Miloslav Hurban (Hungarian: Hurbán József Miloszláv;[1] pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský, 19 March 1817 – 21 February 1888) was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848–1849. He was a writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life, and a Lutheran pastor. He was a supporter of Ján Kollár, and later of Ľudovít Štúr. His son, Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský, followed in his footsteps both as a writer and nationalist.

He is a co-founder of the Slovak National Council, Slovak Matica, group Tatrín, co-founder of the Slovak National Theater in Nitra.[2]

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

  1. ^ Szinnyei, József (1896). Magyar írók élete és munkái IV. Budapest: Hornyánszky Viktor Könyvkiadóhivatala.
  2. ^ PERNÝ, L. Jozef Miloslav Hurban. In: Slovak Matica, Online: https://matica.sk/205-vyrocie-narodenia-jozefa-miloslava-hurbana/