Franz Miklosich
Franz Miklosich (Franz Ritter von Miklosich, Franc Miklošič; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and rector of the University of Vienna.
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- Name
- Franz Miklosich
- Born
- 20 November 1813
- Birthplace
- Radomerščak, Ljutomer, Austrian Empire (now Slovenia)
- Died
- 7 March 1891
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
- Education
- University of Graz (PhD) University of Vienna (Dr. iur.)
- Occupation
- philologist
- Nationality
- Cisleithania and Austrian Empire.
- Honours
- Volney Prize, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
- Languages
- Slovene, Albanian and Romanian.
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Franz Miklosich (Franz Ritter von Miklosich, Franc Miklošič; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and rector of the University of Vienna.
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Franz Miklosich worked as jurist, lawyer and librarian and was Austrian Empire and Cisleithania. Franz Miklosich was born in 1813 at Radomerščak. Franz Miklosich died in 1891, in Vienna. Training included University of Graz and University of Vienna. Honours include Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Volney Prize.
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Biography
Biography
Franz Miklosich studied at University of Graz and University of Vienna. The recorded working language is Slovene, Albanian and Romanian. Employment is recorded with University of Vienna and University of Graz. Positions recorded include Member of the Austrian Reichstag. Distinctions recorded are Volney Prize, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
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Key facts
• Name — Franz Miklosich • Born — 20 November 1813 • Birthplace — Radomerščak, Ljutomer, Austrian Empire (now Slovenia) • Died — 7 March 1891 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) • Citizenship — Austrian • Education — University of Graz (PhD) University of Vienna (Dr. iur.) • Other Names — Franz Xaver Ritter von Miklosich • Occupation — philologist
Early life
Early life
Miklosich was born in the small village of Radomerščak near the Lower Styrian town of Ljutomer, then part of the Austrian Empire, and baptized Franz Xav. Mikloschitsh. He graduated from the University of Graz with a doctor of philosophy degree.
Career
Career
He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Graz. In 1838, he went to the University of Vienna, where he received a doctor of law decree. During his studies, he became influenced by the works of the Slovenian philologist and linguist Jernej Kopitar. He abandoned law, devoting most of his later life to the study of Slavic languages. In 1844, he obtained a post at the Imperial Library of Vienna, where he remained until 1862. In 1844, he published a review of Franz Bopp's book Comparative Grammar, which attracted attention from the Viennese academic circles. This publication then launched a long series of works, in which Miklosich showed immense erudition. His works led to a revolutionary change in the study of Slavic languages. In 1849 Miklosich was appointed to the newly created chair of Slavic philology at the University of Vienna, and he occupied it until 1886. He became a member of the Academy of Vienna, which appointed him secretary of its historical and philosophical section, a member of the council of public instruction and of the upper house, and correspondent of the French Academy of Inscriptions and Humanities. His numerous writings deal not only with the Slavic languages, but also with Romanian, Aromanian, Albanian, Greek, and Romani. Between 1850 and 1865 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy for three terms, and the Rector in 1853/1854. • Illustration — Franz von Miklosich medal, 1883 From 1872 to 1880, Miklosich published his original survey of Romani dialects, Über die Mundarten und Wanderungen der Zigeuner Europas. This work included a discussion of their origins, migration routes, an historical-comparative grammar, and a lexicon. He identified a substantial Greek element that was shared by the Romani dialects, and thus named a "Greek-speaking area" as the "European homeland of the Gypsies". In 1883, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he received a medal commissioned by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Political engagement
Political engagement
In the Spring of Nations of 1848, Miklosich, who was 35 at the time, actively engaged in the Slovene national movement. He was the chairman of the political association, called Slovenija (Slovenia) organized by Slovene students that studied in Graz and Vienna. Together with Matija Majar and Lovro Toman, he was among the authors who elaborated the political demand for a United Slovenia. After the failure of the revolutionary requests, he again turned to exclusively academic activity.
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1813
Franz Miklosich born at Radomerščak.
1891
Franz Miklosich died at Vienna.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16217377-5, Symposium anläßlich des 100-jährigen Todesjubiläums von Franz Miklosich (1991, Wien).
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- 1.University of Vienna. Franz Xaver von Miklosich [Miklošič], o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. jur. 650 plus. 2017-01-20.
- 2.Taufbuch. 163. 1791–1815.
- 3.EB1911 Miklosich, Franz von 18 437 1
- 4.Štefe, Tomaž. Veliki Slovenci: Franc Miklošič. Moja Slovenija [My Slovenia]. 2009.
- 5.Romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk. ROMANI Project – Manchester.
- 6.http://hdl.handle.net/10900/100742 S. Krmnicek and M. Gaidys, Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Begleitband zur online-Ausstellung im Digitalen Münzkabinett des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen , in: S. Krmnicek (Hrsg.), Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm. Neue Serie, Bd. 3 (Tübingen 2020), pp. 32–34.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 24
- In Libraria Weidmannia. Radices linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti. 1845.
- Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti. 1850.
- Vergleichende Formenlehre der slavischen Sprachen. 1856.
- Monumenta Serbica Spectantia Historiam Serbiae, Bosniae, Ragusii. 1858.
- Miklosich, Franz. Die Sprache der Bulgaren in Siebenbürgen. 105–146. 1856.
- Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe. 1860.
- Guilelmus Braumueller. Lexicon palaeoslovenico-graeco-latinum: emendatum auctum. 1862–1865.
- Die Bildung der Ortsnamen aus Personennamen im Slavischen. 1864.
- Die slavischen Monatsnamen. 1867.
- Über die Mundarten und die Wanderungen der Zigeuner Europa's. 1872.
- Altslovenische Lautlehre. 1878.
- Miklošič, Franc. Geschichte der Lautbezeichnung im Bulgarischen. 1883.
- Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen. 1886.
- Vergleichende Grammatik der slavischen Sprachen. 1. 1879.
- Vergleichende Grammatik der slavischen Sprachen. 2. 1875.
- Vergleichende Grammatik der slavischen Sprachen. 3. 1876.
- Vergleichende Grammatik der slavischen Sprachen. 4. 1868–1874.
- Walter Lukan (ed.): Franz Miklosich (Miklošič): neue Studien und Materialien anläßlich seines 100. Todestages. Vienna 1991 (= Österreichische Osthefte: Sonderheft 33).
- Tomo Maretić, "Život i kńiževni rad F. Miklošića" [Life and scholarly work of F. Miklošić]. In: Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Knjiga CXII. Zagreb: JAZU, 1892, pp. 41–153.
- Katja Sturm-Schnabl, Der Briefwechsel Franz Miklosich's mit den Südslaven = Korespondenca Frana Miklošiča z Južnimi Slovani, Obzorja, Maribor 1991, xxiv + 855 pp., .
- Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Franz Miklosich als Wegbegleiter bei der Entstehung der ukrainischen Schriftsprache." In: Juliane Besters-Dilger, Michael Moser, Stefan Simonek (eds.), Sprache und Literatur der Ukraine zwischen Ost und West – Мова та література України між сходом і заходом. Bern: Lang, 2000, pp. 195–209.
- Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Franz Miklosich," in: Marija Mitrović, Die Geschichte der slowenischen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Aus dem Serbokroatischen übersetzt, redaktionell bearbeitet und mit ausgewählten Lemmata und Anmerkungen ergänzt von Katja Sturm-Schnabl. Klagenfurt: Mohorjeva-Hermagoras, 2001. pp. 186–193
- Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Aktualnost Miklošičevega znanstvenega dela in misli." In: Jezikoslovni zapiski. Glasilo Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU 10.2 (2004), pp. 19–46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/jz.v10i2.2570
- Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti [&c.]. Miklošičev zbornik: Mednarodni simpozij v Ljubljani od 26. do 28. junija 1991. 1992. 978-86-7207-027-9.
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