Yakub Holovatsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yakub Holovatsky

Ukrainian writer and academic

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1814

Place of Birth: Chepeli, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 13-May-1888

Profession: writer, priest, poet, politician, professor, historian, author, journalist, anthropologist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Yakub, Yakov, Yakiv Holovatsky, also Yakov Golovatsky (Russian: ???? ????????? ??????????, Ukrainian: ???? ???????????; October 17, 1814 in Chepeli, Zolochiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire - May 13, 1888 in Vilno, Russian Empire) was a noted Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, poet and leader of Western Ukrainian Russophiles.
He was a member of the Ruthenian Triad, one of the most influential pro-Russian political groups in Austrian Empire.