| Family Name | Kollarius |
| Given Name(s) | Adam Franciscus |
| Alternate Name(s) | Adam Ferenc Kollár |
| Franz Kollár | |
| Religious Affiliation | Catholic |
| Date Of Birth | April 1718 |
| Date Of Death | 10 July 1783 |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| German (DE, GER) | |
| Biography | Slovak historian, ethnographist, and a central figure of the Habsburg Enlightenment. Born into the minor nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary, he initially trained with the Jesuits before joining Imperial Library in Vienna (1748), rising to become its chief librarian and serving until his death. A prolific scholar, he leveraged the library's holdings to publish critical editions and studies, including works on Slavic history and Intorcetta’s Latin translation of Confucian texts (Sinarum Scientia Politico-Moralis). His legacy is the Ratio Educationis (1777), an official state treatise that systematically reformed the Habsburg educational system. |
| Bibliography | P. Shore, "Ex-Jesuit Librarian-Scholars Adam František Kollár and György Pray: Baroque Tradition, National Identity, and the Enlightenment among Jesuits in the Eastern Habsburg Lands", in Journal of Jesuit Studies, 6 (2019), pp. 467-485 |
| Linked From | Analecta Monumentorum omnis aevi Vindobnesia |