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Ľudovít Štúr ( pronunciation (help·info); October 28, 1815, Uhrovec, nearby Bánovce nad Bebravou – January 12, 1856, Modra), known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival[disambiguation needed ] in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language. Štúr was an organizer[disambiguation needed ] of the Slovak volunteer campaigns[disambiguation needed ] during the 1848 Revolution, he was also politician, poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher, linguist and member of the Hungarian Parliament.
At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Slovaks were divided concerning the literary language to be used:
This situation did not change until the 1840s, when Ľudovít Štúr became the chief figure of the Slovak national movement.
At the same time, modern nations started to develop in Europe and in the Kingdom of Hungary. But the Hungarians favoured the idea of a centralized state, although the Magyar population numbered only some 40% of the population of the Hungarian Kingdom in the 1780s[citation needed]. This was unacceptable to other nations, including the Slovaks, and they expressed their disapproval.
Štúr is surname of: