Father Jurgis Ambrozijus (Ambraziejus) Pabrėža (born 15 January 1771 in Večiai, Skuodas District Municipality; died 30 October 1849 in Kretinga) was a Lithuanian Franciscan priest, botanist, and educator. He created first systematic guide of Lithuanian flora Taislius auguminis (Botany),[1] written in Samogitian dialect, the Latin-Lithuanian dictionary of plant names, and the first Lithuanian textbook of geography.
References
- ^ Giedrius (2011). "The Forgotten Model of a Separate Standard Lowland Lithuanian: Jurgis Pabrėža (1771-1849)". In Fishman, Joshua; Garcia, Ofelia (eds.). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts (Volume 2). Oxford University Press. pp. 445–460. ISBN 978-0-19-983799-1.
Further reading
- Gidžiūnas, Viktoras (1993). Jurgis Ambraziejus Pabrėža: 1771-1849 (in Lithuanian). Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija.
- Lietuvos TSR Mokslų Akademija [Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences]; (Lithuania) Botanikos Institutas [Institute of Botany]; Jankevičius, K. (1972). Jurgis Pabrėža, 1771-1849 (in Lithuanian). Mintis.
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