Jaroslav Goll, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jaroslav Goll

Czech member of Czech council, historian, translator, university educator and science writer

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1846

Place of Birth: Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1929

Profession: writer, poet, historian, translator, pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Jaroslav Goll

  • Jaroslav Goll (14 July 1846 – 8 July 1929) was a Czech historian, medievalist, educator, writer and translator.
  • He was a representative of the historical positivism.
  • He studied history at the Charles University in Prague under Czech Václav Vladivoj Tomek and German Konstantin Höfler.
  • In 1871 he worked at the University of Göttingen where he was influenced by positivist Georg Waitz.
  • Then he studied in Berlin, Hague and London.
  • In 1875, he began teaching at the University of Prague, where he worked until his retirement in the year 1910.
  • Then he very actively involved in politics.
  • In 1895 he founded the Ceský casopis historický (Czech Historical Review), the most important historical journal in the Czech lands, which still exists today.
  • In 1907 he was elected rector of the university.
  • His main professional interest was English medieval history.
  • He also devoted a study personalities of Czech history (Komenský, Palacký, Chelcický).
  • His pupils are called Goll's school.
  • He gave private lessons later Emperor Charles I during his studies in Prague.
  • He was the grandfather of the Czech actress Nataša Gollová.

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