Franz Miklosich (, ; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and rector of the University of Vienna.

Early life

Miklosich was born in the small village of Radomerščak near the Lower Styrian town of Ljutomer, then part of the Austrian Empire, and baptized Franz Xav. Mikloschitsh. 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.

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

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

Political engagement

In the Spring of Nations of 1848, Miklosich, who was 35 at the time, actively engaged 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

  • Austroslavism
  • Culture of Slovenia
  • Vienna Literary Agreement

Notes

Further reading

  • Walter Lukan (ed.): Franz Miklosich (Miklošič): neue Studien und Materialien anläßlich seines 100. Todestages. Vienna 1991 (= Österreichische Osthefte: Sonderheft 33).
  • Tomo Maretić, "Život i kńiževni rad F. Miklošića" [Life and scholarly work of F. Miklošić]. In: Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Knjiga CXII. Zagreb: JAZU, 1892, pp. 41–153.
  • Katja Sturm-Schnabl, Der Briefwechsel Franz Miklosich's mit den Südslaven = Korespondenca Frana Miklošiča z Južnimi Slovani, Obzorja, Maribor 1991, xxiv + 855 pp., .
  • Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Franz Miklosich als Wegbegleiter bei der Entstehung der ukrainischen Schriftsprache." In: Juliane Besters-Dilger, Michael Moser, Stefan Simonek (eds.), Sprache und Literatur der Ukraine zwischen Ost und West – Мова та література України між сходом і заходом. Bern: Lang, 2000, pp. 195–209.
  • Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Franz Miklosich," in: Marija Mitrović, Die Geschichte der slowenischen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Aus dem Serbokroatischen übersetzt, redaktionell bearbeitet und mit ausgewählten Lemmata und Anmerkungen ergänzt von Katja Sturm-Schnabl. Klagenfurt: Mohorjeva-Hermagoras, 2001. pp. 186–193
  • Katja Sturm-Schnabl, "Aktualnost Miklošičevega znanstvenega dela in misli." In: Jezikoslovni zapiski. Glasilo Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU 10.2 (2004), pp. 19–46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/jz.v10i2.2570