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Lovro Toman
1827 – 1870
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryLovro Toman was a Slovene Romantic nationalist revolutionary activist during the Revolution of 1848, known as the person who in Ljubljana, at the Wolf Street 8, raised the Slovene tricolor for the first time in history in response to a German flag raised on top of the Ljubljana Castle. Later he helped founding one of the first Slovene publishing houses, the Slovenska matica. He was a Slovene national conservative politician and member of the Austrian Parliament. Together with Janez Bleiweis and Etbin Henrik Costa, he was part of the leadership of the Old Slovene party.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 10, 1827
Kamna Gorica
Date of death
August 15, 1870
Rodaun
Citizenship
Austria–Hungary · Austrian Empire
Occupations & fields
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- Field and occupation
- rakouský člen rakouské Říšské rady a právník
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