Ljudevit Gaj

Ljudevit Gaj
Gaj c. 1875
Born
Ludwig Gay

(1809-08-08)8 August 1809
Died20 April 1872(1872-04-20) (aged 62)
Resting placeMirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia
Occupations
  • Linguist
  • politician
  • journalist
  • writer
Known forGaj's Latin alphabet
MovementIllyrian movement
Spouse
Paulina Krizmanić
(m. 1842)
Children5

Ljudevit Gaj (Croatian: [ʎûdeʋit ɡâːj]; born Ludwig Gay;[1][2] Hungarian: Gáj Lajos; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the central figures of the pan-Slavist Illyrian movement.

  1. ^ Hauser, Otto (1915). Die Lyrik des Auslands seit 1800. Leipzig: R. Voigtländer. p. 160.
  2. ^ Ognjenović, Gorana; Jozelić, Jasna (2014). Politicization of Religion, the Power of State, Nation, and Faith: The Case of Former Yugoslavia and its Successor States. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 81. ISBN 9781137477866.

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