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Ľudovít Štúr

Ľudovít Štúr was a linguist, writer, philosopher, poet, journalist and philologist (1815–1856). He was born in Uhrovec and died in Modra.

Portrait of Ľudovít Štúr by Jozef Božetech Klemens from the mid 19th century.

Jozef Božetech Klemens · Public domain

Identity and origins

Ľudovít Štúr studied at Evangelical Lyceum and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The recorded working language is Slovak, Latin and Hungarian.

The field of work recorded is linguistics, politics and opinion journalism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Hradec Králové.

Ľudovít Štúr was recorded at birth as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr. He also worked under the names B. Dunajský, Bedlivý Ludorob and Boleslav Záhorský. His recorded languages were Slovak, Latin, Hungarian and German. His recorded confession was Lutheranism.

Career and activity

Ľudovít Štúr worked in linguistics, politics, opinion journalism, creative and professional writing and poetry.

He belonged to Society of Serbian Letters. He worked at Hradec Králové.

Citát Ľudovíta Štúra "Nazpäť cesta nemožná, napred sa ísť musí" na Štúrovej ulici v Bratislave

Citát Ľudovíta Štúra "Nazpäť cesta nemožná, napred sa ísť musí" na Štúrovej ulici v Bratislave

Lukáš Perný

Otvorenie výstavy Štúr 210 v bratislavskej Matici slovenskej

Otvorenie výstavy Štúr 210 v bratislavskej Matici slovenskej

Matica slovenská

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Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries
  1. 1815

    Ľudovít Štúr was born in 1815 at Uhrovec.

  2. 1856

    Ľudovít Štúr died in 1856 at Modra.

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  • Uhrovec

    Birth place

  • Modra

    Death place

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