Adam František Kollár, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adam František Kollár

Slovak jurist, historian, ethnologist, and policy advisor

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1718

Place of Birth: Terchová, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1783

Profession: writer, librarian, jurist, historian, ethnologist, policy advisor

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Adam František Kollár

  • Adam František Kollár de Keresztén (German: Adam Franz Kollar von Keresztén, Hungarian: kereszténi Kollár Ádám Ferenc; 1718–1783) was a Slovak jurist, Imperial-Royal Court Councillor and Chief Imperial-Royal Librarian, a member of Natio Hungarica in the Kingdom of Hungary, a historian, ethnologist, an influential advocate of Empress Maria Theresa's Enlightened and centralist policies.
  • His advancement of Maria Theresa's status in the Kingdom of Hungary as its apostolic ruler in 1772 was used as an argument in support of the subsequent Habsburg annexations of Galicia and Dalmatia.
  • Kollár is also credited with coining the term ethnology and providing its first definition in 1783.
  • Some authors see him as one of the earliest pro-Slovak, pro-Slavic, and pan-Slavic activists in the Habsburg Monarchy.

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