Karl Deschmann
Karl Deschmann | |
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1865 portrait | |
| Mayor of Ljubljana | |
| In office 1871–1874 | |
| Member of the Austrian House of Deputies | |
| In office 1873–1879 | |
| Member of the Austrian House of Deputies | |
| In office 1861–1867 | |
| Member of the Diet of the Duchy of Carniola | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1821 Idrija, Duchy of Carniola, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 11 March 1889 (aged 68) Ljubljana, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary |
| Resting place | Navje Memorial Park |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
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Karl Deschmann (Slovenized: Dragotin Dežman and Karel Dežman; 3 January 1821 – 11 March 1889), was a Carniolan politician and natural scientist. He was one of the most prominent personalities of the political, cultural, and scientific developments in the 19th-century Duchy of Carniola. He is considered one of the fathers of modern archeology in what is today Slovenia. He also made important contributions in botany, zoology, mineralogy, geology and mineralogy. He was the first director of the Provincial Museum of Carniola, now the National Museum of Slovenia. Due to his switch from Slovene liberal nationalism to Austrian centralism and pro-German cultural stances, he became a symbol of national renegadism.