Native name Kuzman SHapkarev Role Author Name Kuzman Shapkarev | Ethnicity Bulgarian | |
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Occupation writer, publicist, teacher, folklorist Spouse Elisaveta Miladinova-Shapkareva (d. 1870), Ekaterina Shapkareva Children Kliment Shapkarev, Ivan Shapkarev Period Bulgarian National Revival | ||
Cambridge science in ou kuzman shapkarev dracevo
Kuzman Anastasov Shapkarev, (Bulgarian: Кузман Анастасов Шапкарев), (1 January 1834 in Ohrid – 18 March 1909 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian folklorist, ethnographer and scientist from the Ottoman region of Macedonia, author of textbooks and ethnographic studies and a significant figure of the Bulgarian National Revival. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.
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- Cambridge science in ou kuzman shapkarev dracevo
- Biography
- Scientific works
- Textbooks
- Autobiographical books
- Honours
- References
Книжовниците - Кузман Шапкарев
Biography
Kuzman Shapkarev was born in Ohrid in 1834. He was a teacher in a number of Bulgarian schools in Ohrid, Bitola, Prilep, Kukush, Thessaloniki, (1854-1883). In these towns he was especially active in introducing the Bulgarian language in local schools. Не initiated the establishment of two Bulgarian high schools in Solun in 1882–1883.
He wrote the following textbooks: "A Bulgarian Primer" (1866), "A Big Bulgarian Reader" (1868), "Mother tongue" (1874), "Short Land description (Geography)" (1868), "Short Religion Book" (1868) and others. Shapkarev shared the view that the codified Bulgarian language should have more features of the Macedonian dialects. He considered the dialect of some of his textbooks as "more comprehensible for Bulgarians from Macedonia" ("A Big Bulgarian reader book", 1868, p. 4).
Shapkarev was a contributor of many Bulgarian newspapers and magazines - "Tsarigradski vestnik" (Constantinople newspaper), "Gayda" (Bagpipe), "Macedonia", "Pravo" (Justice), "Savetnik" (Adviser), "Balgarska pchela" (Bulgarian bee) and others. Shapkarev was a collaborator of the revolutionary Georgi Rakovski and in the field of ethnography, he assisted the Miladinov Brothers.
After 1883 he lived in Bulgaria - in Plovdiv, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Vraca and Orhanie (Botevgrad). Along with his scientific and public occupation in Bulgaria he worked as a notary and a judge.
From onwards 1900 he was a regular member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
His autobiographical book is called "Materials for the Revival of Bulgarian national spirit in Macedonia".
The son of Kuzman Shapkarev - Kliment Shapkarev was one of the leaders of VMORO.
Scientific works
Textbooks
Autobiographical books
Honours
Shapkarev Buttress on Fallières Coast, Antarctica is named after Kuzman Shapkarev.