Jakub Malý

He was influenced by the teachings of Ignaz Cornova, Bernard Bolzano and Josef Jungmann, moved in patriotic and literary circles, and occasionally served as a tutor for noble families.

During the 1830s, he published articles and opinions in numerous conservative patriotic newspapers, and helped Jungmann to create his German-Czech dictionary.

From 1835 to 1844, he edited the Knihovna Populární Literatury (Library of Popular Literature), which included translations from foreign authors.

Toward the end of the 1850s, he was employed by František Ladislav Rieger, as an editor for his Czech national cyclopedia, Slovník naučný.

Among his major works were National Bohemian Tales and Legends (Národní české pohádky a pověsti), History of the Czech Nation for Readers of all Classes (Dějepis národu českého pro čtenáře každého stavu) and his Memoirs and Reflections of an Old Patriot (Vzpomínky a úvahy starého vlastence).