Etbin Henrik Costa
Illustration — Etbin Henrik Costa Etbin Henrik Costa (18 October 1832 – 28 January 1875) was a Slovene national conservative politician and author. Together with Janez Bleiweis and Lovro Toman, he was one of the leaders of the Old Slovene political party. • Illustration — Grave marker of Etbin Henrik Costa and his father Henrik Costa at Navje Memorial Park in Ljubljana He was born in a wealthy bureaucrat family of Italian origin in the Lower Carniolan town of Novo Mesto, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Slovenia), and baptized Ethbin Heinrich Costa. His father Henrik Costa (1796–1870) was a historian.
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Etbin Henrik Costa

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- Born
- 1832. · Novo Mesto.
- Died
- 1875. · Ljubljana.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, writer, bibliographer, jurist, philosopher, deputy and mayor.
- Fields
- law, legal work, bibliographic activity and political activity.
- Education
- University of Vienna and University of Graz.
- Languages
- Slovene and German.
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Also worked under the name Janez Čbelarski. Born at Novo Mesto in 1832, died in Ljubljana in 1875.
Etbin Henrik Costa studied at University of Vienna and University of Graz. The recorded working language is Slovene and German. The field of work recorded is law, legal work and bibliographic activity. Positions recorded include Member of Abgeordnetenhaus.

Tombstone of Henrik Costa (historian and author) and his son Etbin Henrik Costa (politician and mair of Ljubljana) in Navje, Ljubljana.
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