Vasil Zlatarski
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| Prof. Vasil Zlatarski | |
| Born | 14 November 1866 Veliko Turnovo, present-day Bulgaria |
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| Died | 15 December 1935 (aged 69) Sofia, Bulgaria |
Vasil Nikolov Zlatarski (Bulgarian: Васил Николов Златарски) was a Bulgarian historian-medievist, archaeologist, and epigraphist. He is a representative of historical objectivism, and belongs to the positivistic school. Zlatarski played a leading role in the development of the Bulgarian history science for four decades since the end of 19th century, its popularisation, and the establishment and support of the education in Bulgarian history at Sofia University. He is considered one of the greatest names in the Bulgarian historiography with his three-volume History of the Bulgarian State in the Middle ages.
[edit] Life
Vasil Zlatarski was born in Veliko Tarnovo in 1866, the youngest child of the teacher Nikola Zlatarcheto ('Goldsmith') who was a prominent activist in the educational movement and the religious and national struggle in the Tarnovo region before the Liberation. Zlatarski obtained his education in Veliko Tarnovo (until 3rd grade) and in the Peter and Paul Seminary near Tarnovo where he was preparing for priesthood. After the early death of his father, he went to his brother in Russia, where in 1887 he graduated the First Classical Lyceum in St. Petersburg. Studied History at the University of St. Petersburg in 1891 and as a post-graduate in Berlin in 1893-1895. Then he returned to Bulgaria and became a high-school teacher in Sofia and Lecturer in the Higher School (now the University of Sofia).
Vasil Zlatarski was a vice-president of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1926 until his death in 1935.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Чолов, Петър. Български историци. Биографично-библиографски справочник, София 1999, с. 122 (Cholov, Petar. Bulgarian historians, Biographical and bibliographical reference book, Sofia 1999, p. 122)
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