Karel Jaromir Erben - Miletin, Czech Republic
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Karel Jaromír Erben (7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech historian, poet and writer of the mid-19th century.
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/10/2013
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Karel Jaromír Erben was a Czech historian, poet and writer of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice, which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes.
He also wrote Písne národní v Cechách (Folk Songs of Bohemia) which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní ceské písne a ríkadla (Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes), a five-parted book that brings together most of the Czech folklore.
He was born on November 7, 1811 in Miletín u Jicína. He went to college in Hradec Králové. Then, in 1831, he went to Prague where he studied philosophy and later law. He started working in the National Museum (Národní muzeum) with František Palacký in 1843. He became editor of a Prague's newspaper in 1848. Two years later, in 1850, he became archives' secretary of the National Museum. He died on November 21, 1870 of tuberculosis.
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Inscription on the facade of the house
[CZ] Zde narodil se Karel Jar. Erben L.P.1811
[EN] Here was born Karel Jar. Erben L.P.1811