František Ladislav Chleborád (24 November 1839 – 20 July 1911) was a Czech
political economist and a pioneer of
cooperatives.
Biography
Born in
Habry
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Administrative parts
Villages of Frýdnava, Lubno and Zboží are administrative parts of Habry.
Etymolo ...
in
Bohemia
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, part of the
Austrian Empire, he graduated ''Staroměstské gymnázium'' (''
Old Town
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Grammar School'') in
Prague and went on to study law and political economy.
Being fluent in
Bulgarian
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,
Russian,
German
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,
Serbian
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or
French
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, Chleborád travelled the world and became an honorary consul of the
Republic of Venezuela. He held many posts during his active career, including the chairman of the
Brno
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Sokol, and leadership roles in financial institutions and banks.
Chleborád was prominent for founding the worker's cooperatives,
named ''Oul'' (
19th century Czech for ''beehive''), encouraging workers to unite and to be educated.
The organization was inspired by the ideas of
Schulze-Delitzsch. The Czech mutual aid movement then spread outside of Prague and was also established in Brno and
Liberec
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.
[Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the CPCz CC, Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the CPS CC. ''An Outline of the History of the CPCz''. Prague: Orbis Press Agency, 1980. p. 21]
He taught political economy at the
University of Prague, writing influential textbooks, arguing for
nationalist socialism.
He was academically active at around the
financial crisis of 1873.
In 1888, Chleborád emigrated to the
Russian Empire, where he became the government's adviser on matters
Slavic and financial. He died in
St. Petersburg in 1911.
Works
Chleborád wrote many treatises on political economy,
[Library record of Chleborád](_blank)
in Czech National Library
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published in newspapers (such as ''Dělník'' and ''Dělnické Listy'') and even wrote a poetic work on
saints Cyril and Methodius:
* ''Boj o majetek'' (1884)
* ''Hospodářství vlastenecké'' (1868)
* ''Pomoc chudým dělníkům'' (1868)
* ''Soustava národního hospodářství politického'' (1869)
* ''Věštcové slávy. K oslavení tisícileté památky prvosvětitelů Slovanů sv. Cyrilla a Methoděje'' (1888) (poetry)
See also
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Credit union
Further reading
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References
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1839 births
1911 deaths
Cooperatives in Europe
Cooperative organizers
20th-century Romanian economists
Bohemian economists
People from Havlíčkův Brod District
Academic staff of Charles University