Jernej Kopitar (born 21 August 1780 in Repnje, died 11 August 1844 in Vienna) was a Slovenian linguist. After graduating from a gymnasium in Ljubljana, he became a home teacher in Sigmund Zois' house. In 1808 he moved to Vienna, where he studied law and worked on Slavic languages. He found a job in Vienna Court Library, where he worked as a librarian and a censor for Slavic and Greek books. In 1808 he published the first Slovenian grammar, … Wikipedia
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