Eduard Grégr
Eduard Grégr (also Gröger) (born March 4, 1827 in Graz , Styria , † April 1, 1907 in Čtyřkoly ) was a Czech doctor, politician and publicist.
Life
Grégr assisted Jan Evangelista Purkyně as a doctor from 1854 . In 1858 he was appointed lecturer at Prague University . From 1861 to 1862 he edited the Živa magazine . In 1861 he was elected as a member of the Bohemian Landtag . In the following years he devoted himself primarily to politics and as the owner of a publishing house, the type foundry and trading business.
person
Grégr was a gifted journalist, author of numerous political brochures, and a good public speaker. While he did not have the leadership qualities of his brother Julius Grégr , he was more free-thinking and honest in his testimony. As a representative of the radical wing of the Young Bohemia ( Mladočeská strana ), he vigorously opposed passive politics in the state and later in the imperial parliament .
At the end of the 1970s, together with Jan Stanislav Skrejšovský , Karel Leopold Klaudy and Anton von Mezník, he called for the establishment of a new radical-liberal party. His constant, if not always justified criticism of František Ladislav Rieger and his politics he had a certain share in the victory of the Young Bohemians in parliament.
In the 1990s, he gradually lost its influence. In his place came a new generation of young Bohemian parliamentarians such as Eduard Brzorád , Václav Březnovský , František Fiedler and Josef Fořt . In addition, new parties such as the Social Democratic Party, the Agrarian Party, the People's Party and the National Socialists were founded (not to be confused with the ideas of the German NSDAP. This party had a patriotic orientation.)
literature
- Literature and other media by and about Eduard Grégr in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Grégr (Gröger) Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 54.
- K. Adámek: Památce dra. Eduarda Grégra, Prague 1907
- O. Urban: Česká společnost 1848-1948, Prague 1982
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grégr, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregr, Eduard; Gröger, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech doctor, politician and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1907 |
| Place of death | Čtyřkoly |