Jurij Japelj
Slovenian philologist · Academics · Lived 1744 to 1807 · aged 63
Jurij Japelj, also known in German as Georg Japel, was a Slovene Jesuit priest, translator, and philologist. He was part of the Zois circle, a group of Carniolan scholars and intellectuals that were instrumental in the spread of Enlightenment ideas in the Slovene Lands.
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About this person
His translations of the Bible, based on the 16th-century translation of the Lutheran author Jurij Dalmatin, set the basis for the development of modern standard Slovene.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1744 to 1807 · aged 63
