�udov�t �t�r (29. 10. 1815 - 12. 1. 1856) - Slovak poet, historian, philosopher, educator and linguist. Policies and codifier standard Slovak, based on the dialect of central Slovakia. He was a major figure Slovak national movement in the 19th century.

�udov�t Sturm was born in the village Uhrovec, where he was educated. With thoughts Slovak revival thanks to a father who was a teacher at the local Evangelical school, acquainted in childhood.

In 1828 he joined the Evangelical lower secondary school in the Hungarian Raba (now the city of Gy�r). After completing two years, he enrolled at the Evangelical Lyceum in Pressburg, today Bratislava. There he became a member of the Society Czech-Slovak founded by students who are interested in the history of the Slavic peoples and study their native language. �t�r was a very active and conscientious student. With an interest in reading the works of ancient and Slavic composers, dealt with the history of art, studying foreign languages. Managed not only Latin, which was taught at the Lyceum and Hungarian, which in turn was the official language of Hungary. He also spoke German and French, was interested in English and Hebrew. In a special liking to then Slavic languages: Russian, Polish and Serbo-Croatian. Later, as a teacher, lecturer at the Lyceum Polish and Czech grammar.

In 1838 �t�r began studying at the University of Halle, where he acquainted with the philosophies of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Johann Gottfried Herder. Their views greatly influenced �t�rovo conception of history, which he saw as a never-ending process in which the spirit of seeking a way to himself.

�udov�t �t�r maintained a brisk correspondence with important representatives of Slovak and Czech national revival.

After returning home for his views came into conflict with the Hungarian authorities to promote the idea of ??a single, unified Hungarian nation. One of the leaders of this tendency was Earl Karol Zay, the Inspector General of the Evangelical Church. �t�ra a respected for his scholarship and initially wanted to get on the Hungarian side. Unsuccessfully. Sturm had ambitions to go to the Department of language and literature Czech-Slovak pre�pursk�ho Lyceum, where he worked as a deputy respected evangelical professor Juraj Palkovi�. Zay and his followers, however, calculated the that after the death of the already aged professor, department completely canceled and �t�rovo effort to build permanent obstacles. �t�r place finally won, the pressure on him and other forward-thinking Slovaks, however, continued unabated. The situation led to the sending of a four-member deputation to the Emperor in Vienna. List, in which the Slovaks seek protection from persecution, but also the confirmation of the Department of language and literature Czech-Slovak, however, the authorities forwarded to the Hungarian Buda, where the court rejected bathrobe.

After the failure of the petition Stur forged in the idea of ??creating a Slovak literary language that would unite the people. Slovak his predecessor Anton Bernol�ka in fact only partially caught on and on prevailing linguistic fragmentation.

In 1843 Stur Hurbanova at the rectory in the village Hlbok� met with Michal Miloslav Hod�a and Jozef Miloslav Hurban, where they agreed on the codification of literary language.

The new standard Slovak dialect of the Central based on: its grammar rules Stur explained in Doctrine speech slovenskej. For his intention to get John and Holly, who was at that time the most important authority in writing Bernolakovo Slovak. Publicly was a new form of Slovak literary language was proclaimed in August 1844 in Liptovsky Mikulas. A correction occurred in 1851 in Bratislava, which brought together representatives �t�rovc� and bernol�kovc� and created rules which, with minor changes, given the natural evolution, is still valid today.

In 1844, Sturm Hurban Hoxha established a nationwide political and cultural institution Tatr�n and a year later began to build Slovak National Newspaper (Slovak national newspaper), which was really the first Slovak political journal.

In the revolutionary year of 1848, Hungary began to define from the yoke of the Vienna government, Slovaks, but it did not bring any benefits. Conversely, persecution grew stronger. In September 1848 it was formed in Vienna Slovak National Council, which froze the Hungarian government, said after the wielders of power in the Slovak Republic. Follow armed intervention from the Moravian territory, however, has failed because it did not receive the desired Slovaks imperial support. After the suppression of the uprising and non Tatr�n and Slovak national newspapers Stur had gone on, but this time under even stricter police supervision. The future of the Slavic peoples seen in conjunction with Russia and Orthodoxy.

�udov�t �t�r died in blue on the consequences of a bullet wound to the gut on the hunt, aged just forty years.