Matija Ahacel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Matija Ahacel

Philologist, publicist

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1779

Place of Birth: Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia, Austria

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1845

Profession: teacher, poet, mathematician, editor, agronomist, publisher, publicist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


Show Famous Birthdays Today, World

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Matija Ahacel

  • Matija Ahacel, also known in German as Matthias Achazel (24 February 1779 – 23 September 1845), born Matija Kobentar, was a Carinthian Slovene philologist, publicist, and collector of folk songs. Ahacel was born in a peasant family in the village of Gorentschach (Slovene: Gorence) near the market town of Sankt Jakob im Rosental (Slovene: Å t.
  • Jakob v Rožu) in the Duchy of Carinthia.
  • He worked as professor of mathematics in the lyceum in Klagenfurt.
  • He collaborated with Urban Jarnik, Anton Janežic and Anton Martin SlomÅ¡ek in preserving the folk traditions of Slovenes in Carinthia and in Lower Styria.
  • In 1833 and 1838, he published a collection of folk songs under the title Pesme po KoroÅ¡kim ino Å tajarskem znane (Songs Known in Carinthia and in Styria").
  • The third volume was published in 1858 by SlomÅ¡ek. Ahacel died in Klagenfurt.

Read more at Wikipedia