Pavel Jozef Šafárik

Pavеl Jozef Šafárik
Born(1795-05-13)13 May 1795
Died26 June 1861(1861-06-26) (aged 66)
NationalitySlovak
Other namesCzech: Pavel Josef Šafařík; German: Paul Joseph Schaffarik; Serbian: Павле Јосиф Шафарик; Latin: Paulus Josephus Schaffarik; Hungarian: Pál József Safarik
CitizenshipKingdom of Hungary

Pavel Jozef Šafárik (Slovak: Pavol Jozef Šafárik; 13 May 1795 – 26 June 1861) was a Slovak philologist, poet, literary historian, historian and ethnographer in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was one of the first scientific Slavists.