Franz Miklosich

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Franz Miklosich
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Occupationphilologist

Franz Miklosich (German: Franz Ritter von Miklosich, also known in Slovene as Franc Miklošič; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and rector of the University of Vienna.[1]

Early life

Miklosich was born in the small village of

Lower Styrian town of Ljutomer, then part of the Austrian Empire, and baptized Franz Xav. Mikloschitsh.[2] He graduated from the University of Graz
with a doctor of philosophy degree.

Career

He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Graz. In 1838, he went to the University of Vienna, where he received a doctor of law decree.[3] During his studies, he became influenced by the works of the Slovenian philologist and linguist Jernej Kopitar. He abandoned law, devoting most of his later life to the study of Slavic languages.[3]

In 1844, he obtained a post at the Imperial Library of Vienna, where he remained until 1862. In 1844, he published a review of Franz Bopp's book Comparative Grammar, which attracted attention from the Viennese academic circles. This publication then launched a long series of works, in which Miklosich showed immense erudition. His works led to a revolutionary change in the study of Slavic languages.

In 1849 Miklosich was appointed to the newly created chair of Slavic philology at the University of Vienna, and he occupied it until 1886. He became a member of the Academy of Vienna, which appointed him secretary of its historical and philosophical section, a member of the council of public instruction and of the upper house, and correspondent of the French Academy of Inscriptions and Humanities. His numerous writings deal not only with the Slavic languages, but also with Romanian, Aromanian, Albanian, Greek, and Romani.[3][4]

Between 1850 and 1865 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy for three terms, and the Rector in 1853/1854.[1]

Franz von Miklosich medal, 1883

From 1872 to 1880, Miklosich published his original survey of Romani dialects, Über die Mundarten und Wanderungen der Zigeuner Europas. This work included a discussion of their origins, migration routes, an historical-comparative grammar, and a lexicon. He identified a substantial Greek element that was shared by the Romani dialects, and thus named a "Greek-speaking area" as the "European homeland of the Gypsies".[5]

In 1883, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he received a medal commissioned by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.[6]

Political engagement

In the

Slovene national movement. He was the chairman of the political association, called Slovenija (Slovenia) organized by Slovene students that studied in Graz and Vienna. Together with Matija Majar and Lovro Toman, he was among the authors who elaborated the political demand for a United Slovenia
. After the failure of the revolutionary requests, he again turned to exclusively academic activity.

Selected bibliography

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b University of Vienna (2017-01-20). "Franz Xaver von Miklosich [Miklošič], o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. jur". 650 plus. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. ^ Taufbuch. Ljutomer. 1791–1815. p. 163. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Miklosich, Franz von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 437.
  4. ^ Štefe, Tomaž (2009). "Veliki Slovenci: Franc Miklošič" [Great Slovenes: Franz Miklosich]. Moja Slovenija [My Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 2011-06-25.
  5. ^ "ROMANI Project – Manchester". Romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  6. ^ http://hdl.handle.net/10900/100742 S. Krmnicek and M. Gaidys, Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Begleitband zur online-Ausstellung im Digitalen Münzkabinett des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, in: S. Krmnicek (Hrsg.), Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm. Neue Serie, Bd. 3 (Tübingen 2020), pp. 32–34.

Further reading

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