Simon Grunau

Simon Grunau was the author of Preussische Chronik, the first comprehensive history of Prussia. The only personal information available is what he wrote himself in his work: that he was a Dominican priest from Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) near Frauenburg (Frombork) just north of Elbing (Elbląg) in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. Since the only other Prussian dictionary is the Elbing Prussian Vocabulary from about 1350 and hardly any written sources of Lithuanian or Latvian exist till after Grunau's death, the list by Grunau is still a very important document for the study of the Baltic languages.