Jan Evstrat Vithkuqari
Jan Evstrat Vithkuqari (ca.1755-1822) was an Albanian scholar, educator, and translator.
Life
He was born in Vithkuq, southern Albania possibly in 1755. He studied in the New Academy of Moscopole, where he worked as a teacher.[1] He also worked as a teacher in Arta, Përmet and Ioannina. Apart from Albanian he knew English and Greek.
He wrote a grammar book of the Albanian language and was the co-author of a 2000-word English-Greek-Albanian dictionary included in William Martin Leake's Researches in Greece published in 1814.[2]
Sources
- ^ Lloshi, Xhevat (2008). Rreth Alfabetit Të Shqipes (in Albanian). Logos-A. p. 279. ISBN 9989-58-268-8.
- ^ Meid, Wolfgang (1982). Sprachwissenschaft in Innsbruck (in German). Institut der Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. p. 138.