Skip to content
Josef Jungmann

Image by xiSerge on Pixabay · Pixabay License

EntityQ508939· pop 32· linked from 53 articles

Josef Jungmann

Sign in to save

Czech linguist and poet

Person · Open Library

Born
1773
Died
1847
Works
27

Top works

  • Ztracený ráz. Prelozený z anglického jazyka do c̆eského od Jozefa Jungmanna
  • Josefa Jungmanna Sebrané drobné spisy
  • Zápisky Josefa Jungmanna .
  • Wýbor z literatury české
  • Wýbor z literatury česke

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1824-11-14
Active to
1892-11-07

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Josef
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austrian Empire
Place of birth
Hudlice
Place of death
Prague
Languages spoken
Czech
Native language
Czech
Field of work
pedagogy
Image
Antonín Machek - Portrait of Josef Jungmann.jpg
Show 10 more facts
place of burial
Olšany Cemetery
Commons category
Josef Jungmann
date of birth
1773-07-16
date of death
1847-11-14
Commons gallery
Josef Jungmann
ethnic group
Czechs
writing language
English language
name in native language
Josef Jungmann
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Josef Jungmann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~4 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Portrait of Josef Jungmann by Antonín Machek (1833) Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 – 14 November 1847) was a Czech linguist and poet. He was a leading figure of the Czech National Revival and together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. The Josef Jungmann Award for the best translation into Czech is named after him.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josef Jungmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.