Historical FigureMale
František Skaryna
1486 – 1541
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryFrancysk Skaryna was a Belarusian humanist, physician and translator. He is known to be one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in all of Eastern Europe, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod of the Church Slavonic language.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 6, 1486
Polatsak
Date of death
November 30, 1540
Prague
Citizenship
Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Kingdom of Bohemia
Occupations & fields
philosopherwritertranslatorpublishertypographerBible translator
- Field and occupation
- běloruský humanista, překladatel a tiskař
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