Adolf Černý
Adolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague. • Illustration — Adolf Černý in 1892, photographed by Josef Fiedler His principal research focus was on the Sorbian language. Černý also wrote poems under the pseudonym Jan Rokyta. The Jagiellonian University in Kraków awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1947.
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Adolf Černý
Josef Fiedler (1866–1937), working under the name of his father Hynek Fiedler (1836 - 1870) · Světozor, year 1892, issue 29, digitized by Czech Academy of Sciences · Public domain
- Born
- 1864. · Hradec Králové.
- Died
- 1952. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, pedagogue, writer, university teacher, journalist, ethnographer and translator.
- Fields
- Slavic studies, ethnography, history and poetry.
- Honours
- honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague and honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Adolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague. • Illustration — Adolf Černý in 1892, photographed by Josef Fiedler His principal research focus was on the Sorbian language. Černý also wrote poems under the pseudonym Jan Rokyta. The Jagiellonian University in Kraków awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1947.
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The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is Slavic studies, ethnography and history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague, Warsaw and Rome. Employment is recorded with Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague and Charles University. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague and honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow.
• Wobydlenje Łužiskich Serbow (1889) • Lužické obrázky (1890) • Svatba(kwas) u Lužickych Srbů (1893) • Mythiske bytosće Łužiskich Serbow I. (1893) • Různé (wšelakore) listy o Lužici (1894) • Lilie z Tvých zahrad (1899) • Stawizny basnistwa hornjołužiskich Serbow (1910) • Lužice a Lužičtí Srbové (1912) • Lužická otázka (prašenje) (1918)
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1864
Adolf Černý was born on 19 August 1864.
1924
Adolf Černý (1924) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1952
Adolf Černý died on 27 December 1952.
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