Kuzman Shapkarev

Kuzman Shapkarev
Kuzman Shapkarev decorated with the Bulgarian Order "For Civil Merit", 5th Class
Native name
Кузман Шапкарев
Born(1834-02-01)1 February 1834
Ohrid, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died18 March 1909(1909-03-18) (aged 75)
Sofia, Bulgaria
OccupationWriter, publicist, teacher, folklorist
LanguageBulgarian
PeriodBulgarian National Revival
SpouseElisaveta Miladinova-Shapkareva (d. 1870)
Ekaterina Shapkareva
ChildrenKliment Shapkarev, Ivan Shapkarev

Kuzman Anastasov Shapkarev (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кузман Анастасов Шапкарев, romanized: Kuzman Anastasov Šapkarev; 1 January 1834 – 18 March 1909) was a Bulgarian folklorist and ethnographer from the Ottoman region of Macedonia, author of textbooks and ethnographic studies, and a figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.

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