Daniel Rapant

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Daniel Rapant
Daniel Rapant
Born(1897-04-17)17 April 1897
Holíč, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Died17 April 1988(1988-04-17) (aged 91)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
NationalitySlovak
Occupationhistorian, archivist, university teacher

Daniel Rapant (17 April 1897 Holíč, Austria-Hungary – 17 April 1988 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak historian, archivist and university teacher.

Life[]

He graduated in Skalica in 1917 then he had studied history and Slavic studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (1918–1922).[1] At the same time he had studied also at the State Archivist School in Prague (1919–1922).[1] After completing his studies in Czechoslovakia, he studied at Paris-Sorbonne University.[1] In 1924 he became the main county archivist in Bratislava.

He worked as a professor of the Czechoslovak history at Comenius University (1933 – extraordinary professor, 1938 – ordinary professor). In 1938–1939 he was the head of Czechoslovak-Hungarian Commission for Minority Questions. In 1945 he became rector of Comenius University.[2] In 1945–1947 he was a dean of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University.

Selected works[]

  • Asimilácia odrodilých Slovákov (Mladé Slovensko č. 3-4/1921)
  • Národ a dejiny (1924)
  • Národ a československá otázka (1925)
  • K počiatkom maďarizácie. I. diel. Vývoj rečovej otázky v Uhorsku 1740–1790 (Sp. fil. fak. Bratislava 1927)
  • Maďarizácia, Trianion, revízia a demokracia (Prúdy 1930)
  • Maďarónstvo Bernolákovo (Bratislava 1930)
  • Československé dejiny. Problémy a metódy (1930)
  • K počiatkom maďarizácie. II. diel. Prvé zákony maďarizačné 1790–1792 (Bratislava 1931)
  • O Starý Liptov (1934)
  • Slovenské povstanie v roku 1848–1849, I/1-2—V/1-2 (1937, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972)
  • Pribinov nitriansky kostolík (1941)
  • Doba štúrovská (1942)
  • Slovenský prestolný prosbopis z roku 1842 (Tranoscius, Liptovský Mikuláš 1943)
  • Viedenské memorandum slovenské z roku 1861 (1943)
  • Ilegálna maďarizácia 1790–1840 (1947)
  • Tatrín. Osudy a zápasy (1950)
  • Sedliacke povstanie na východnom Slovensku roku 1831. I/1-3 (1953)
  • Slováci v dejinách (Slovenské pohľady č. 3/1968)
  • Logika dejín (Kultúrny život č. 33/1968)

Awards[]

  • 1968 – National Award of Slovak Socialistic Republic
  • 1969 – Honour Badge of Labour
  • 1987 – Gold Medal of Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 – Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class (in memoriam)

References[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Polla 1998, p. 13.
  2. ^ Polla 1998, p. 14.

Bibliography[]

  • Polla, Bello (1998). "Storočnica Daniela Rapanta". In Marsina, Richard (ed.). Historik Daniel Rapant: život a dielo (1998 – 1988 – 1997) (in Slovak). Martin: Matica slovenská – Slovenský historický ústav Matice slovenskej. ISBN 80-7090-470-4.

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