 | Dr. Janez Bleiweis (1808-1881), politician
Dr. Janez Bleiweis was born in Kranj on the 19th of November 1808 to a family of merchants. He was a Slovene politician, writer, veterinarian and a doctor. He wrote a series of popular and scientific volumes on veterinary science, but the broader public knows him better as the father of the nation. In 1843 he was committed to editing the publication Kmetijske in rokodelske novice, in which he consistently used Slovene language and the Gajic alphabet, which set him at the top of the Slovene national awakening. From 1861 to 1880 he was a representative of the Carniola Provincial Assembly. Bleiweis died on the 29th of November 1881. A memorial plaque is on the frontage of the house of his birth at Tavčarjeva ulica 25 and bust on a marble pedestal by the sculptor Frlic standing on the junction of Bleiweis and Koroška roads remind us of our important compatriot.
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