Juraj Matija Šporer or Đuro Matija Šporer[1] or George Sporer or Đuro Matić Šporer (1795–1884) was a Croatian physician and writer who was one of the forerunners of the Illyrian movement.[2] Šporer was the first Croatian person who attempted to publish a native 'Illyrian' language newspaper. His attempts failed because of the complete lack of interest for newspaper published in his native language.
Juraj Matija Šporer | |
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| Born | (1795-03-24)24 March 1795[1] Karlovac, Habsburg monarchy |
| Died | 1 August 1884(1884-08-01) (aged 89)[1] Rijeka, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | physician and writer |
| Literary movement | Illyrian movement |
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| Relatives | father: Josip Šporer, the first mayor of Karlovac and one of its first Freemasons |
Šporer was born in Karlovac in 1795 in Habsburg monarchy. His father Josip, originally from Bribir,[3] was the first mayor of Karlovac under French control (as part of the Illyrian Provinces), appointed directly by Napoleon[4] and one of the first Freemasons in Karlovac.[5]
Šporer began attending the gymnasium in Zagreb, continued in Senj and completed it in Zagreb. He graduated with a degree in medicine and philosophy at University of Vienna and received the status of physician in 1819. Šporer worked as a physician in Karlovac, Bakar, Rijeka, Split, Klagenfurt and Ljubljana.[1][6] After he was retired in 1851 he moved to Rijeka where he lived until his death on 1 August 1884.[7]
Under the influence of his father and against the approval of Austrian emperor Francis II, in 1818 Šporer was the first Croatian person who made an attempt to publish a newspaper (Oglasnik Ilirski) in his native (Serbo-Croatian: domorodnom) language. His plans were to publish it in Vienna twice per week.[8][9] In this attempt he was supported by Aleksa Praunsperger from Samobor and Aleksa Vancuš from Zagreb.[10] He failed to realize his idea to publish this magazine because of the complete lack of interest in a newspaper published in his native language.[11][12][verification needed] In 1823 he published "Almanah Ilirski" in Karlovac.[1] He signed his name as Matić.[13]
In 1849 Šporer published his tragedy on Skanderbeg (Kastriota Škenderbeg: tugokazie u pet izvedah) and depicted Skanderbeg as Slav who united all South Slavs from Istria to Krujë.[14]
Juraj Matija Sporer (rođen 1795. u Karlovcu, po ocu Josipu porijeklom iz Bribira), liječnik i
Istim dekretom bude , Karlovac izjednačen s municipijima Ljubljane, Trsta, Zadra i Dubrovnika, kojima je maire imenovao sam imperator. Napoleon postavi prvim karlovačkim mairom Josipa Šporera.
Idući pokušaj pokretanja novina u sjevernoj Hrvatskoj bio je onaj što ga je godine 1818. izvršio Juraj Šporer, koji je svoj list pod naslovom Oglasnik ilirski namjeravao izdavati u Beču.
Sačuvan je naime Oglasz kojim Karlovčanin Juraj Matija Šporer (1795. - 1884.) najavljuje pokretanje Oglasnika ilirskog u 1818. godini. S njim su još dvojica entuzijasta: Aleksa Praunsperger iz Samobora i Aleksa Vancuš iz Zagreba.
Oglašavajući početak izlaženja svog polutjednika u "domorod- nom" jeziku (na žalost, nikad realiziranog)
Juraj Matija Šporer, nesuđeni izdavač nikad rođenog Oglasnika ilirskog, oglašavajući 1818. godine početak izlaženja svog polu- tjednika u ...
Đuro Šporer-Matić. Šporer je god. 1823. izdao „Almanak ilirski", a potpisao ga kao Matić
... prvi propovjednik jugoslavenstva Juraj Matić Šporer u drami »Kastriota Škenderbeg» prikazao svojega glavnoga junaka kao Slavena, oko kojega se okupljaju svi južni Slaveni «od Istrije do Kroje«.
Juraj Matija Šporer (1795-1884) u svojim memoarima »Odziv iz prošlosti«, objelodanjenima u listu »Pozor« god. 1863, upotpunjuje sliku školstva i ćudorednosti mladeži početkom stoljeća.