Yakiv Holovatsky

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Yakiv Holovatsky
Native name	Яків Головацький
Born	(1814-10-17)17 October 1814 Chepeli, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire
Died	13 May 1888(1888-05-13) (aged 73) Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Pen name	Havrylo Rusyn
Occupation	historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, poet, priest, and pedagogue
Citizenship	Austria-Hungary
Education	Theological Seminary (Lviv)
Alma mater	University of Lviv (1841)
Literary movement	Ruthenian Triad, later Pan-Slavism
Notable works	The Dniester Nymph, 1836

Yakiv Holovatsky (Ukrainian: Яків Головацький; 17 October 1814 in Chepeli, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire — 13 May 1888 in Vilno, Russian Empire) was a noted Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, poet and leader of Galician Russophiles. He was a member of the Ruthenian Triad, one of the most influential Ukrainian literary groups in the Austrian Empire.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}