Pavel Jozef Safárik

Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Safáry, Schaffáry, Schafary, Saf(f)arik, Šafarík, Szafarzik ; Czech : Pavel Josef Šafarík ; German : Paul Joseph Schaffarik ; Serbian : ; Latin : Paulus Josephus Schaffarik ; Hungarian : Pál József Safarik ; 13 May 1795, Kobeliarovo (Kisfeketepatak), Slovakia, then Kingdom of Hungary – 26 June 1861, Prague ) was a Slovak philologist, poet, one of the first scientific Slavists ; literary historian, historian and ethnographer .