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Juozas Jakštas

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Juozas Jakštas
Born(1900-09-09)9 September 1900
Slabada, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died31 July 1989(1989-07-31) (aged 88)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OccupationHistorian, writer, publicist
Alma materVytautas Magnus University
SubjectLithuanian medieval history

Juozas Jakštas (9 September 1900 – 31 July 1989) was a Lithuanian medieval historian, author, and docent of Vytautas Magnus University. Jakštas was the first Lithuanian historian to propose that the Gediminids originated in Aukštaitija.[1]

Biography

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Juozas Jakštas was born on 9 September 1900 in the village of Slabada in the modern-day Ukmergė district, then the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire.[2] In 1928 he graduated from Vytautas Magnus University. He studied history abroad, in Berlin from 1929 to 1931 and in Vienna from 1934 to 1936. From 1932 to 1939 he was a lecturer in the Vytautas Magnus University. Upon the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, after which Lithuania received Vilnius from Poland, Jakštas lectured at Vilnius University from 1940 to 1943. He became a docent in 1940. In 1944 Jakštas fled Lithuania, and in 1949 he settled in the United States.[3] From 1953 he edited what would become the Encyclopedia Lituanica's medieval section.[4] From 1971 to 1982 he edited Lietuvių tautos praeitis (The Past of the Lithuanian Nation; published as Lithuanian Historical Review). From 1971 to 1983 Jakštas was the chairman of the Lithuanian Historical Society. He worked in a factory up until his death on 31 July 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Works

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  • Jogailos ir Vytauto kovos su Vokiečių ordinu (Jogaila's and Vytautas's Fight with the Teutonic Order), 1935
  • Vokiečių ordinas ir Lietuva Vytenio ir Gedimino metu (The Teutonic Order and Lithuania During the Times of Vytenis and Gediminas), 1935
  • Jogaila, 1935, (co-author)
  • Lietuvos istorija (History of Lithuania), 1936, (co-author)
  • Vakarų krikščionių mintys apie Romos imperiją iki V a. (Western Catholic Thoughts on the Roman Empire Until the 5th Century), 1937
  • Žvilgsnis į Mažosios Lietuvos istoriografiją (A Look into the Historiography of Little Lithuania), 1968
  • Lietuva (Lithuania), 1969, (co-author)
  • Mažosios Lietuvos apgyvendinimas iki XVII a. pabaigos (Little Lithuania's Settlement Until the end of the 17th century), 1970
  • Žinios apie Lietuvą prancūzų XIV a. autoriaus Pilypo de Mézières traktate (News on Lithuania in Philippe de Mézières's 14th Century Work), 1976
  • Daktaras Jonas Šliūpas. Jo raštai ir tautinė veikla (Doctor Jonas Šliūpas. His writings and National Activities), 1979

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Matulevičius, Algirdas. "Juozas Jakštas".
  2. ^ "Dr. JUOZAS JAKŠTAS (1890.IX.9 – 1989.VII.31)". aidai.eu.
  3. ^ "Juozas Jakštas". mle.lt.
  4. ^ "Juozas Jakštas". uni100.vdu.lt.