Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jozef Miloslav Hurban

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1817

Place of Birth: Beckov, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1888

Profession: writer, poet, politician, journalist, philosopher, prosaist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jozef Miloslav Hurban (19 March 1817 in Beckov, Kingdom of Hungary – 21 February 1888 in Hlboké, Kingdom of Hungary), pseudonyms Slavomil F.
Korennatý, Ludovít Pavlovic, M.
z Bohuslavíc, M.
Selovský, was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849, a Slovak writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life and a Protestant priest.
He first supported Ján Kollár, but later turned to Ludovít Štúr.
His son Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský followed his father's footsteps both as a writer and nationalist. The city of Hurbanovo in southern Slovakia and asteroid 3730 Hurban are named after him.