Karel Sladkovský (22 June 1823 – 4 March 1880) was a

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lawyer, politician and journalist.

Early life and education

Born as a son of a tailor in

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in Prague, Sladkovský studied gymnasium of Malá Strana and later finished studies of law at the University of Vienna. He was presented at Prague Slavic Congress and later took part in the

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of 1848 as a Prague student leader during the fights on the barricades. He was arrested for this, also accused of the participation of

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and sentenced to death in 1850, then pardoned and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Finally he was released in 1857 due to a general

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. In 1861, he received an estate of

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. From 1860 he worked as an editor at the newspapers ''Čas'', ''Hlas'' and ''

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''. Later he became one of the most important personnel of the Czech public life during the era of late

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: with interruptions he served as a member of the

Bohemian Diet The Bohemian Diet ( cs, Český zemský sněm, german: Böhmischer Landtag) was the parliament of the Kingdom of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1861 and Czechoslovak independence in 1918. The Diet during the Absolutist Per ...

from 1862 to 1880, also was a leading spokesman of the Czech national movement and keynote speaker at the laying of the foundation stone of the National Theatre. Sladkovský was member of a National Party (

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) and later a co-founder of the

Young Czech Party The Young Czech Party ( cz, Mladočeši, officially National Liberal Party, ''Národní strana svobodomyslná'') was formed in the Bohemian crown land of Austria-Hungary in 1874. It initiated the democratization of Czech political parties and le ...

in 1874. He and František Ladislav Rieger negotiated with the government about the return of Czech deputies to the Reichsrat. In 1879 Sladkovský was elected for the mandate again, but could not take up his mandate due to poor health. Karel Sladkovský died on 4 March 1880, aged 56. He was buried at

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to the tomb created by sculptor

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Memorials

Since the time of his death he was popularly commemorated by building the statues or renaming the streets and squares after him, including Sladkovského Square in Prague-

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.https://www.praguecityline.com/prague-monuments/church-of-st-prokop

References

External links

The Free Dictionary
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Early life and education

Memorials

See also

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