Jurgis Pabrėža Explained

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.

Further reading

• Book: Gidžiūnas, Viktoras. Jurgis Ambraziejus Pabrėža: 1771-1849. 1993. Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija. lt.
• Book: Lietuvos TSR Mokslų Akademija [Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences]. Jurgis Pabrėža, 1771-1849. (Lithuania) Botanikos Institutas [Institute of Botany]. Jankevičius. K.. 1972. Mintis. lt.

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Giedrius. The Forgotten Model of a Separate Standard Lowland Lithuanian: Jurgis Pabrėža (1771-1849). Fishman. Joshua. Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts (Volume 2). Garcia. Ofelia. 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-983799-1. 445–460. en.