František Ladislav Chleborád
Doctor František Chleborád | |
|---|---|
František Chleborád before 1899 | |
| Born | 24 November 1839 |
| Died | 20 July 1911 (aged 71) |
| Resting place | Saint Petersburg, Polish cemetery |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Prague |
| Influences | Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | political economy |
František Ladislav Chleborád (24 November 1839 – 20 July 1911) was a Czech political economist and a pioneer of cooperatives.
Biography
Born in Habry in Bohemia, part of the Austrian Empire,[1] he graduated from Staroměstské gymnázium (lit. 'Old Town gymnasium') in Prague and went on to study law and political economy.
Being fluent in Bulgarian, Russian, German, Serbian or French, Chleborád travelled the world and became an honorary consul of the Republic of Venezuela. He held many posts during his active career, including the chairman of the Sokol in Brno, and leadership roles in financial institutions and banks.
Chleborád was prominent for founding the worker's cooperatives,[2] named Oul (19th century Czech for 'beehive'), encouraging workers to unite and to be educated.[3] The organization was inspired by the ideas of Schulze-Delitzsch. The Czech mutual aid movement then spread outside of Prague and was also established in Brno and Liberec.[4]
He taught political economy at the University of Prague, writing influential textbooks, arguing for nationalist socialism.[5] He was academically active at around the financial crisis of 1873.
In 1888, Chleborád emigrated to the Russian Empire, where he became the government's adviser on matters Slavic and financial. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1911.
Works
Chleborád wrote many treatises on political economy,[6] published in newspapers (such as Dělník and Dělnické Listy) and even wrote a poetic work on saints Cyril and Methodius:
- Boj o majetek (1884)
- Hospodářství vlastenecké (1868)
- Pomoc chudým dělníkům (1868)
- Soustava národního hospodářství politického (1869)
- Věštcové slávy. K oslavení tisícileté památky prvosvětitelů Slovanů sv. Cyrilla a Methoděje (1888) (poetry)
See also
References
- ^ Church record on birth and baptism Archived 24 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine in Habry parish
- ^ van der Linden, M.; Rojahn, J. (1990). The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective. Brill Academic Pub. p. 333. ISBN 9789004092761. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Balázs Trencsényi; Maciej Janowski; Monika Baár; Michal Kopecek; Maria Falina (2016). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'. Oxford University Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-0-19-873714-8.
- ^ Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the CPCz CC, Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the CPS CC. An Outline of the History of the CPCz. Prague: Orbis Press Agency, 1980. p. 21
- ^ Whiteside, A.G. (2012). Austrian National Socialism before 1918. Springer Netherlands. p. 54. ISBN 9789401504683. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Library record of Chleborád in Czech National Library
Further reading
- Seligman, Edwin R.; Johnson, Alvin Saunders, eds. (1937). "Chleborad, Frantisek Ladislav". Encyclopaedia of the social sciences. New York: The Macmillan Company.