Jozef Miloslav Hurban (19 March 1817 in Beckov, Kingdom of Hungary – 21 February 1888 in Hlboké, Kingdom of Hungary), pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský, was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849, a Slovak writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life and a Protestant priest. He first supported Ján Kollár, but later turned to Ľudovít Štúr. His son Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský followed his father's footsteps both as a writer and nationalist.
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19 March 1817 Beckov, Slovakia, then Austrian Empire
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21 February 1886 (aged 68) Slovakia
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