Original sentence: 26 January 1797, Žirovnica - d.6 July 1835) was a Slovenian linguist, literary historian and critic.In 1817 je returned from Vienna and worked as a priest until 1820 when he became a seconday school teacher in Rijeka, Croatia (1820-1822) and in Lvov (1822-1827), where he was also assistant professor at the university.In 1835, aged 38, Čop drowned while bathing in the Sava river; France Prešeren dedicated his poem Baptism at Savica to his late friend.Matija Čop (b
Edited sentence: He advocated uniformity of content and form in literature and influenced greatly writers of his time, but especially guided France Prešeren into becoming Slovenia's most well known Romantic poet.He also advocated the need for quality literature in Slovene and rejected the then prevailing idea that Slovene was only appropriate for the lower classes.He had knowledge of 19 languages and was expert in classical, medieval and baroque literature, and followed contemporary European romantic literature as well.His friend France Prešeren dedicated his poem 'Baptism at Savica' to him.In 1817 he returned from Vienna and worked as a priest until 1820 when he became a secondary school teacher in Rijeka, Croatia (1820-1822) and in Lviv (1822-1827), where he was also an assistant professor at the Lviv University.In 1835 Matija Čop drowned whilst bathing in the Sava river.Matija Čop was a Slovene linguist, literary historian in literary critic, * 26 January 1797, Žirovnica, † 6 July 1835, Sava at Tomačevo.Matija Čop was the most educated Slovene of his time