view that the Glagolitic alphabet is older than the Cyrillic one Geschichte der südslawischen Litteratur1–3 (1864–1865, Prague) [literally: History of Southern Slavic literature], edited by Jireček Collected works & papers Sebrané spisy P. J. Šafaříka 1–3 (Prague 1862–1863, 1865) Spisy Pavla Josefa Šafaříka 1 (Bratislava 1938) Recognition Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is named after him. Gymnázium Pavla Jozefa Šafárika in Rožňava is named after him. A street in Novi Sad and a street in Belgrade are named after him. Slovak cultural center Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Novi Sad. A street in Prague is named after him Streets in Stara Pazova are named after him Tornaľa is a town in southern Slovakia with a Hungarian majority. It was renamed "Šafárikovo" between 1948 and 1992. Annotations (Safáry, Schaffáry, Schafary, Saf(f)arik, Šafarík, Szafarzik; ; ; ; ; References Sources External links 1795 births 1861 deaths People from Rožňava District Slovak Lutherans Slovak philologists Slovak poets 19th-century Hungarian historians Hungarian people of Slovak descent Slavists Academic staff of Charles University Slovak expatriates in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriates in Serbia Matica srpska Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Burials at Olšany Cemetery Participants of the Slavic Congress in Prague 1848