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Bulgarian politician and historian (1817–1898)

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Gavril Krastevich
Governor General of Eastern Rumelia
In office
16 May 1884 – 18 September 1885
Preceded byAlexander Bogoridi
Succeeded byAlexander I of Bulgaria
Personal details
Born(1817-04-05)5 April 1817
Kotel, Ottoman Empire (now in Bulgaria)
Died19 November 1898(1898-11-19) (aged 81)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)

Gavril Krastevich (Bulgarian: Гаврил Кръстевич; 5 April 1817 – 19 November 1898) was a Bulgarian politician and historian, and the first translator of Benjamin Franklin into Bulgarian. He was born in Kotel in 1817.

He was Governor General of Eastern Rumelia between 1884 and 1885 when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Krastevich died in Istanbul on 16 November 1898.

Honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

References

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bulgaria/Language" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. See Hertslet, Edward (1891), "Turkish Firman approving Gabriel Pasha Crestovitch as Governor-General of Eastern Roumelia, 16 May 1884", The Map of Europe by Treaty; which have taken place since the general peace of 1814. With numerous maps and notes, vol. IV (1875–1891) (First ed.), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 2777, retrieved 12 January 2013
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