Atis Kronvalds

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Birth Date:
15.04.1837
Death date:
17.02.1875
Length of life:
37
Days since birth:
68285
Years since birth:
186
Days since death:
54463
Years since death:
149
Person's maiden name:
Kronvaldu Atis
Extra names:
Atis Kronvalds, Kronvalds, Kronvaldu Atis, Атис Кронвалдс,
Categories:
Folklorist, Linguist, Member of student's corporation, Pedagogue, teacher, Public figure, Publicist
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Baznīcas kapsēta, Vidus kapsēta, Vecpiebalgas pagasts

Atis Kronvalds or Kronvaldu Atis was a Latvian writer, linguist and pedagogue, as well as a prominent member of the Young Latvia movement.

Kronvalds was born to a tailor family, but was raised by priests of Durbe. After studies in Liepāja he became a private teacher.

In 1860 he started to study medicine at the University of Berlin; however, he left after half a year when he ran out of money. He returned to Latvia, where he resumed work as a private teacher in Durbe.

After returning to Latvia, Kronvalds joined the Latvian nationalist movement "Young Latvians" and became a passionate advocate of Latvian rights, language, and culture.

In 1865 he moved to Tartu to study pedagogy at the University of Tartu.

In 1868 he became a teacher at the teacher seminary there. He participated in the social activities of local Latvian society; notably, he renewed the "Latvian evenings" tradition begun by Krišjānis Valdemārs. He also wrote works of educational theory and several articles on education and linguistics.

In 1872 he wrote Nationale Bestrebungen, the manifesto of the Young Latvians.

In 1873 Kronvalds moved to Vecpiebalga, where he worked as a teacher in a local school; he also participated by delivering two speeches, in the first Latvian Song and Dance Festival in the same year.

Even he died at age of 38, he is one of the most famous Latvian authors of all time.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relations

        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Kristaps KronvaldsKristaps KronvaldsFather00.00.181000.00.1863
        2Margrieta KronvaldsMargrieta KronvaldsMother00.00.181000.00.1880
        3Jānis KronvaldsJānis KronvaldsSon00.00.188418.03.1926
        4Milda SliedeMilda SliedeDaughter12.05.187220.07.1960
        5
        Kristaps KronvaldsBrother03.08.185100.00.1880
        6
        Jānis KronvaldsBrother05.12.1834
        7
        Kārlis KronvaldsBrother18.12.183800.00.1883
        8
        Krišs KronvaldsBrother22.10.1851
        9
        Bille ŠmiteSister00.00.184500.00.1896
        10Karolīne KronvaldeKarolīne KronvaldeWife02.04.183623.10.1913
        11
        Emīlija KrūkleNiece00.00.188700.00.1942
        12
        Jānis SliedeSon in-law14.01.185904.04.1921
        13Auguste KronvaldeAuguste KronvaldeDaughter in-law
        14
        Jānis Atis SliedeGrandson00.00.190005.03.1960
        15Atis KronvaldsAtis KronvaldsGrandson
        16
        Marta GātereGranddaughter16.04.190600.00.2008
        17Zigrīda ĶīseleZigrīda ĶīseleGranddaughter
        18Ilze KronvaldsIlze KronvaldsGranddaughter00.00.190100.00.1936
        19Gerda KronvaldeGerda KronvaldeGranddaughter
        20
        Anna EņģeleRelative00.00.191300.00.1990
        21Alfrēds KrūklisAlfrēds KrūklisRelative11.05.192117.05.2003
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