Martin Hamuljak
Martin Hamuljak (born April 19, 1789 in Oravská Jasenica , Habsburg Monarchy , today Slovakia ; † March 31, 1859 in Námestovo , Austrian Empire ) was a Slovak " national revival ", linguist, editor and publicist in the 19th century.
Life
Hamuljak was born into a noble family and studied in Buda and Eger . In 1818 he graduated from the Royal Academy in Pressburg and then worked as a civil servant in the governor council of Buda.
In 1834, together with Ján Kollár , he founded the association Spolok milovníkov reči a literatúry slovenskej (German for example: Association of Friends of the Slovak Language and Literature), which should bring both wings of the Slovak national movement closer together . In addition, Hamuljak published four volumes of the Almanac Zora from 1835–40 , in whose supporters of the Bernolák language standard and Czech contributed, including Pavel Jozef Šafárik , Ján Kollár, Bohuslav Tablic and Ján Hollý .
After the revolution of 1848/49 he was commissioned by the Austrian rulers to translate state laws and ordinances for the Hungarian part of the empire into Slovak and was active in the tax commission in Kosice . In December 1853 he retired and lived changeably in Buda and Námestovo until his death.
During his lifetime, Hamuljak had collected a library of almost 2,500 volumes, which he gave to the grammar school in Neusohl and from there became the property of Matica slovenská .
Others
The western Slovak community of Hamuliakovo has been named after him in honor of Martin Hamuljak since 1948 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamuljak, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak national alarm clock, linguist, editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oravská Jasenica |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1859 |
| Place of death | Námestovo |