Martin Hattala
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Martin Hattala (4 November 1821 in Trstená, Kingdom of Hungary – 11 December 1903 in Prague)[1] was a Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist. He is best known for his reform of the Štúr's Slovak language, so-called Hodža-Hattala reform, in which he introduced the etymological principle to the Slovak language.
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Hattala was a faculty member of the University of Prague.[1] He was also a member of the academies of Bohemia and Russian Empire.[1]
His collection of work was purchased and is now part of the Library of Congress’s Slavic collection.[1]