Martin Hattala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Hattala

Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1821

Place of Birth: Trstená, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1903

Profession: writer, professor, translator, pedagogue, linguist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Martin Hattala (4 November 1821 in Trstená, Kingdom of Hungary (today Slovakia) – 11 December 1903 in Prague) was a Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist.
He is best known for his reform of the Štúr's Slovak language, so-called Hodža-Hattala reform, in which he introduced the etymological principle to the Slovak language.