Franc Serafin Metelko, also known as Fran Metelko (14 July 1779 – 27 December 1860) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, author, and philologist, best known for his proposal of a new script for the Slovene called the Metelko alphabet, which was meant to replace the traditional Bohorič alphabet, used since the late sixteenth century.
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14 July 1779 Škocjan, Slovenia
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Died |
27 December 1860 (aged 81) Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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