Tomáš Eduard Šilinger (16 December 1866, Tučín – 17 June 1913,

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) was a Czech

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and

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. He was a member of the Augustinian Order of

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. He was chief editor of the Czech Catholic newspaper ''Hlas'' in 1896.

Life and work

Šilinger was born on 16 December 1866 in Tučín near

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. After graduating, he joined St Thomas's Abbey, an Augustinian monastery located in old Brno. In the monastery he was renamed Tomáš (his birth name was Eduard). He was promoted to priest on 26 July 1891. Šilinger contributed to the Catholic newspaper ''Hlas'' and became its chief editor in 1896. He changed it from a weekly to a daily newspaper. He was elected to the Imperial Council in

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in 1901. In 1906, he became national and later imperial representative in Vienna and also a representative of the Moravian Diet. He died in

on 17 June 1913, at the age of 46.

Honours

Šilingrovo Square in Brno was named after him.

References

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