The Contribution of Vasil Hadjistoyanov-Beron to the Cultural Development of Bulgaria and the Country’s Integration into European Culture Cover Image
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Ролята на Васил Хаджистоянов-Берон за духовното развитие на България и интегрирането ѝ в европейската култура
The Contribution of Vasil Hadjistoyanov-Beron to the Cultural Development of Bulgaria and the Country’s Integration into European Culture

Author(s): Martin Tabakov
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Local History / Microhistory, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Cultural Essay
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Beron; Dr. Vassil Hadjistoyanov-Beron; Tarnovo; Bolgrad; science; culture, Bulgaria; logic; terminology; Bulgarian national revival

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the article is to make a comprehensive study of the life and activity of Dr. Vasil Hadjistoyanov-Beron and highlight his contributions to the intellectual development of Bulgaria and the integration of Bulgaria into European science and culture, particularly to the development of Bulgarian science, education, enlightenment and culture. Vasil Hadjistoyanov-Beron was an encyclopedist; he was the compiler of the first Bulgarian textbook on natural history, the first textbook on logic, the first German and French grammar books (in Bulgarian), and the first scholar to make archaeological excavations in Bulgaria. Headmaster of the Bolgrad High School and a member of the Constituent National Assembly that adopted the Tarnovo Constitution (1879), he contributed to the institutional building of the Bulgarian state. The article deals consecutively with his youth years – when some of his views were formed, with the years of his medical practice in Romania, and with his activities in Turnovo and Bolgrad. Particular attention is devoted to his merits for the establishment of the Bulgarian national identity, the awakening of Bulgarian national consciousness, his struggle for an independent Bulgarian church and Bulgarian education. In a separate section, we analyze his book on logic. The text is mainly based on recollections of his youngest daughter, which she shared with her grandson (the author of this article).

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 123-147
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English, Bulgarian