Matej Cigale
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Matej Cigale | |
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| Born | 2 September 1819 |
| Died | 20 April 1889 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | University of Graz, University of Vienna |
| Occupations | lawyer, linguist, editor |
Matej Cigale (2 September 1819 – 20 April 1889) was a Slovene lawyer, linguist, and editor. He was one of the most influential Slovene linguists of the 19th century,[1] particularly notable for his lexicographical and grammar work.
Cigale was born on 2 September 1819 in the village of Lome and baptized Mathaeus Zigolle.[2] He attended primary school in Črni Vrh until 1830 and high school in Gorizia until 1841. He then studied theology in Ljubljana and law in Graz and Vienna, where he graduated in 1846. He served as an trainee judge in Gorizia until 1847, and then took the exam for judges in January 1848. He gave up his position as a civil servant, and served as the secretary of the Slovenian Society (Slovene: Slovensko društvo) and editor of the newspaper Slovenija in Ljubljana from 1 July 1848 to mid-September 1849. He returned to Vienna in 1850, where he worked until his death in the editorship of the state legal code, achieving the rank of government adviser. Cigale died on 20 April 1889 in Vienna.[3]
