About Jurgis Pabrėža
Lived 1771 – 1849 (aged 78). Jurgis Pabrėža was a Lithuanian botanist.
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), written in Samogitian dialect, the Latin-Lithuanian dictionary of plant names, and the first Lithuanian textbook of geography.
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Who was Jurgis Pabrėža?
botanist (1771-1849)
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Jurgis Pabrėža was born on 15 January 1771 in Večiai.
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Jurgis Pabrėža died on 30 October 1849 in Kretinga.
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Jurgis Pabrėža was a botanist.
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Jurgis Pabrėža was Lithuanian.
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