Slovak archivist and historian
Daniel Rapant (17 April 1897 Holíč, Austria-Hungary – 17 April 1988 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak historian, archivist and university teacher.
Life.
He graduated in Skalica in 1917 then he had studied history and Slavic studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (1918–1922). At the same time he had studied also at the State Archivist School in Prague (1919–1922). After completing his studies in Czechoslovakia, he studied at Paris-Sorbonne University. In 1924 he became the main county archivist in Bratislava.
He worked as a professor of the Czechoslovak history at Comenius University (1933 – extraordinary professor, 1938 – ordinary professor). In 1938–1939 he was the head of Czechoslovak-Hungarian Commission for Minority Questions. In 1945 he became rector of Comenius University. In 1945–1947 he was a dean of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University.