Palacký, František
Palacký, František ( 1798 – 1876 )Czech nationalist and historian. A leading figure in the Czech cultural and national revival, he presided over the Pan-Slav Congress in Prague in 1848 , advocating Czech autonomy within a federal Austria. After the suppression of the liberal and nationalist uprising of 1848 , Palacký retired from active politics until 1861 , when he became a deputy to the Austrian Reichstag . After the foundation of Austria-Hungary in 1867 , he advocated complete Czech independence. His influence on Czech political thought, and on later leaders such as Tomáš Masaryk , was...
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