Franc Serafin Metelko, also known as Fran Metelko was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, author, and philologist, best known for his proposal of a new script for the Slovene called the Metelko alphabet, which was meant to replace the traditional Bohorič alphabet, used since the late sixteenth century.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1789 to 1860 · aged 71
Written about in
6 languages
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