Paul Zatkovich

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name=Paul J. Zatkovich


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birth_date=1852
birth_place=Uzhhorod
death_date=October 8 1916
death_place=Brooklyn, NY
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resting_place=Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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education=Royal Gymnasium, Uzhhorod
employer=Amerikansky Russky Viestnik
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title=editor
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spouse=Irma Zlockij
children=Gregory Zatkovich, Theophil Zatkovich
parents=George Zatkovich
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Paul Zatkovich (Rusyn: Жатковіч) (1852—1916) was a newspaper editor and cultural activist for Rusyns in the United States.

He was born in Uzhhorod, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine), where his father George Zatkovich was a professor in a school for cantors of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was educated in the Royal Gymnasium at Uzhhorod and later completed a course in notarial studies. He then worked as a notary public for fifteen years in various Rusyn villages. He married Irma Zlockij and they had six children.

He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1891 and was among the founders of the Greek Catholic Union of Rusyn Brotherhoods, a fraternal benefit association. He was the founding editor of its newspaper, "Amerikansky Russky Viestnik".

His son Gregory Zatkovich played a leading role for Rusyns during the establishment of the nation of Czechoslovakia.

Paul Zatkovich died in Brooklyn, New York on October 8, 1916 and was buried in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

References

*cite book | author=Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop | authorlink = | title=Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture| location=Toronto | publisher=University of Toronto Press | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-8020-3566-3

External links

* [http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/fame/pzat.htm Carpatho-rusyn.org] — Zatkovich biography

Persondata
NAME=Zatkovich, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Zhatkovich, Paul
SHORT DESCRIPTION=editor and cultural activist for Rusyns
DATE OF BIRTH=1852
PLACE OF BIRTH=Uzhhorod, Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH=October 8, 1916
PLACE OF DEATH=Brooklyn, New York, Ukraine