Back يوهان ويكارد فون فالفاسور Arabic يوهان ويكارد فون فالفاسور ARZ Janez Vajkard Valvasor AST Janez Vajkard Valvasor BS Janez Vajkard Valvasor Czech Johann Weichard von Valvasor German Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Esperanto Janez Vajkard Valvasor Spanish Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Finnish Janez Vajkard Valvasor French

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in 1689
Valvasor in 1689
Born1641
Laibach, Carniola, Austria
(now Ljubljana, Slovenia)
DiedSeptember or October 1693 (aged 52)
Gurkfeld, Carniola, Austria
(now Krško, Slovenia)
Known fornobleman, scholar, polymath
TitleMember of the Royal Society
SpouseAnna Rosina Valvasor née Grafenweger
Parent(s)Bartholomäus von Valvasor
Anna Maria von Valvasor née Rauber
Valvasor's The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689
Title page of his Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae antiquae et modernae completa, 1688
Valvasor's map of Carniola in Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain

Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor[Note 1] or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor[Note 2] (Slovene: Janez Vajkard Valvasor, pronounced [ˈʋáːlʋazɔɾ])[2] or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.

He is known as a pioneer in the study of karst topography. Together with his other writings, until the late 19th century his best-known work—the 1689 Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published in 15 books in four volumes—was the main source for older Slovenian history, making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography.[3]

  1. ^ Golec, Boris (2007). "Neznano in presenetljivo o življenju, družini, smrti, grobu in zapuščini Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja" [Hitherto Unknown and Surprising Findings about the Life, Family, Death, Gravesite, and Legacy of Janez Vajkard Valvasor] (PDF). Zgodovinski časopis [Historical review]: Glasilo Zveze zgodovinskih društev Slovenije (in Slovenian, English, and German). 61 (3–4): 303–364. ISSN 0350-5774. COBISS 27721261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. ^ Reisp, Branko et al. (1987): Korespondenca Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja z Royal Society. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 15.


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