%D 2014 %T Franz Ritter von Miklosich (1813–1891) Zu seinem 200. Geburtstag %! Franz Ritter von Miklosich (1813–1891) Zu seinem 200. Geburtstag %X Franz Miklosich (1813–1891): On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birthday. – Franz Miklosich was born in 1813 in former Southern Styria, which now belongs to Slovenia. In 1830 he went to Graz in order to study philosophy, which was a prerequisite for the study of any other subject. There, in the Illyrian Club, and in the Slovene students organization his linguistic and political ideas were formed. In 1839 he moved to Vienna in order to finish his law studies. There he became acquainted with the most outstanding slavist of that time, Jernej Kopitar. According to his influence, Miklosich became more and more interested in Slavic studies. Miklosich's famous review of Franz Bopp's Comparative Grammar in 1844 opened the way for a scholarly career. In 1848 Miklosich was elected deputy to the Austrian Reichstag. In this duty he became acquainted with the Austrian minister of education, who proposed to the emperor the foundation of a university chair of Slavic philology, the first professor of which Miklosich became in 1849. His main works were his contributions to Old Church Slavonic Grammar, and the Comparative Grammar of the Slavic Languages, furthermore, to lexicography and grammar, not only Slavic but also Romanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Modern Greek, Turkish, and Romani. Of high value was his Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic languages. He was a pioneer of onomastic studies. %U https://doi.org/10.13173/wienslavjahr.2.2014.0001 %0 Journal Article %R 10.13173/wienslavjahr.2.2014.0001 %J Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge %V 2 %N 1