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Pelcl, František Martin, 1734-1801

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Personal name headingPelcl, František Martin, 1734-1801
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Variant(s)Pelcel, František Martin, 1734-1801
Pelzel, Franz Martin, 1734-1801
Pelzel, František Martin, 1734-1801
Pelcel, Fr. Mart. (František Martin), 1734-1801
Pelzel, F. M. (Franz Martin), 1734-1801
Birth date1734-11-11
Death date1801-02-24
Place of birthRychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech Republic)
Place of deathPrague (Czech Republic)
Field of activityCzech language Czech literature
AffiliationUniverzita Karlova
Profession or occupationHistorians Linguists Philologists College teachers
Found inNowá Kronyka cžeská, 1796: title page (wyprawuge Frantissek Martin Pelcel)
The Free Dictionary by Farlex, via WWW, September 20, 2017 (Pelcl, František Martin; born November 11, 1734 in Rychnov; died February 24, 1801 in Prague; one of the Buditeli (Awakeners) of the Czech Renaissance; historian and linguist; professor of Czech language and literature at Charles University in Prague from 1792; Pelcl's principal historical works were devoted to the reigns of Charles IV and Václav IV; his New Czech Chronicle (vols. 1-3, 1791-96), written in Czech, constitutes the first systematic account of Czech national history from ancient times to 1378; he also published, in cooperation with J. Dobrovský, a collection of documents on Czech history--the Scriptores rerum Bohemica-rum (1783-84); Pelcl combatted the falsification of Czech history and defended the use of the Czech language)
BnF, September 20, 2017 (Pelcl, František Martin (1734-1801); Czech Republic; male; born 1734-11-11 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech Republic); died 1801-02-24 in Prague; also wrote in German; historian and philologist; specialist in the history of Bohemia, Emperors Charles IV and Wenceslas IV; first teacher of Czech language and literature at the University of Prague (1793); variant names: Pelcel, František Martin (1734-1801); Pelzel, František Martin (1734-1801); Pelzel, Franz Martin (1734-1801))
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