About Johann Ernst Glück
Lived 1652 – 1705 (aged 52). Johann Ernst Glück was a German, Latvian and Russian linguist, translator, theologian, bible translator, writer and protestant theologian.
Johann Ernst Glück (; 18 May 1654 – 5 May 1705) was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.
Early life and career Glück was born in Wettin as the son of a pastor. After attending the Latin school of Altenburg, he studied theology, rhetoric, philosophy, geometry, history, geography, and Latin at Wittenberg and Jena.
Glück is known for being the first one to translate the Bible into Latvian, a project which he finished in 1694. It was carried out in its entirety in Marienburg (Alūksne) in Livonia, in the building which now houses the Ernst Glück Bible Museum, established to honour his work. He also founded the first Latvian language schools in Livonia in 1683. He died in Moscow.
Personal life He had four daughters, a son (Ernst Gottlieb Glück), and a foster-daughter Marta Skowrońska who married Peter I and is mainly known as Catherine I. From 1725 until 1727, she was empress of the Russian Empire.
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Who was Johann Ernst Glück?
Baltic German writer and theologian (1654-1705)
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Johann Ernst Glück was born on 10 November 1652 in Wettin.
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Johann Ernst Glück died on 5 May 1705 in Moscow.
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Johann Ernst Glück was a linguist, translator, theologian, bible translator, writer and protestant theologian.
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Johann Ernst Glück was German, Latvian and Russian.
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