Pranas Čepėnas (4 April 1899 in
Veleikiai,
Kovno Governorate
Kovno Governorate ( rus, Ковенская губеpния, r=Kovenskaya guberniya; lt, Kauno gubernija) or Governorate of Kaunas was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian). It was forme ...
– 3 December 1980 in
Worcester, Massachusetts
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) was a
Lithuanian historian, encyclopedist, journalist, and lexicographer. In 1926 Čepėnas earned a diploma in history from
University of Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
Initially it was k ...
. He worked as professor of history at
Vilnius University
Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...
. During World War II he emigrated to Germany and later to the U.S.
Major works
*Editor of interwar ''Lietuviškoji enciklopedija'' (
Lithuanian Encyclopedia) and Dictionary of International Words.
*''Naujųjų laikų Lietuvos istorija'' vol I and II (1988), en, History of Lithuania in Modern Times
*Editor of ''Lietuviškoji enciklopedija'' printed in Boston.
External links
Article about his bookin
Lituanus
''Lituanus'' is an English language quarterly journal dedicated to Lithuanian and Baltic languages, linguistics, political science, arts, history, literature, and related topics. It is published by the non-profit Lituanus Foundation, Inc., and ha ...
magazine
1899 births
1980 deaths
People from Zarasai District Municipality
People from Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd
20th-century Lithuanian historians
Historians of Lithuania
Lithuanian encyclopedists
Lithuanian lexicographers
Lithuanian male writers
Vytautas Magnus University alumni
Academic staff of Vilnius University
20th-century lexicographers
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