Anton Gindely
Anton Gindely ( born September 3, 1829 in Prague, † October 27, 1892 ) was a Czech historian.
Life and work
His father was a Magyar from Hungary, his mother was a Bohemian, his upbringing German, so I know I am in individual nationalities hineinzuleben, without in the least from a to be biased. Gindely first studied theology, law, and in 1852 he received a doctorate in phil. He taught at secondary schools, from 1853 to 1855 at the University of Olomouc and in 1862 at Prague University. Here he taught, among others, Josef Kalousek.
In the same year he started his activity as national archivist of the Bohemian kingdom. In 1864 he was elected to the Royal Bohemian Association of Sciences, in 1870 he became a full member of the Vienna Academy, and in 1890 a member of the Czech Academy of Franz Josef.
He could make friends with the national idea of the Czechs and was interested representatives of the Austrian monarchy Through the influence of his father never. In that time nationally polarizing society in Bohemia, on the one hand, the Germans, on the other hand, the national -minded Czechs, he did not find your way around. He attempted a political party of the center to establish, but the work at the University did not give him enough time to do so.
He left an extensive work, which deals largely with the history of the 17th and 18th centuries. In the early years he took the time and wrote before the Hussites sources on the history of the Bohemian Brethren, and decrees of the Moravian Church.
This was followed by books about the time of the reign of Rudolf II and the Bohemian uprising, written down in history of the Bohemian uprising, which appeared in four parts in German and Czech.
1855 Of great importance was the establishment of the source edition Monumenta historiae bohemica.
Writings
- Sources for the history of the Bohemian Brethren ( 1859)
- Dekrety Jednoty bratrské (1865 )
- Dejiny Českého povstání léta 1618 ( 1870-80 )
- Monumenta historiae bohemica - Staré paměti českých Dejin (Edition, 1865)
Appreciation
In honor of his achievements is awarded by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe since 1979, scientists at the Anton- Gindely Prize, who contributed a significant contribution to the international understanding of the Danube region.