Václav Matěj Kramerius (, he preferred to write his name in old form as Kraméryus; February 9, 1753 in
Klatovy,
Bohemia
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– March 22, 1808 in
Prague
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) was a
Czech publisher, journalist and writer, one of the most important early figures of the
Czech National Revival.
Born as Matěj Valentin Kramerius to the
Roman Catholic
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family of burghers of Klatovy town, southwestern Bohemia, he went to the
Jesuit
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high school there and then studied philosophy and law at the
Charles-Ferdinand University
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in Prague (1778–1780). During his studies he earned money by cataloguing the library of a nobleman, which gave him access to old Czech books. From 1786 he worked as a journalist in the only and oldest
Czech language
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weekly ''
Pražské poštovské noviny'' but in 1789 he started a newspaper of his own (renamed to ''
Krameriusovy c. k. vlastenecké noviny''
["Kramerius' Imperial-Royal Patriotic Newspapers" in English] in 1791), which he published regularly until his death. As a result of its commercial success, he was able to buy a printing shop and subsequently established a publishing house (named "Česká expedice") in 1795. Most Czech language books of his time were published there. Kramerius himself wrote about 80 books of varying quality; most successful were his calendars for farmers.
His son Václav Rodomil Kramerius continued the work of his father.
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1753 births
1808 deaths
People from Klatovy
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