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Mašiotas
Mašiotas is a Lithuanian surname. It is a Lithuanization of the Polish surname Maszota, derived from the diminutive ''Masz'' for Mateusz. The surnames Mašionis, Mašaitis, and Mašiokas are of the same provenance. Surname database entries based on ''Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas'', (ats. red. A. Vanagas, autoriai A. Vanagas, V. Maciejauskienė, M. Razmukaitė). Vilnius: Mokslas, 1985, T. 1; 1989, T. 2; search for "MAŠIÓNIS" Notable people with the surname include: * (1874–1947), Lithuanian mathematician, engineer, state comptroller * (1897–1953), Lithuanian pedagogue, mathematician, politician and public figure * Ona Mašiotienė née Brazauskaitė (Polish: Anna Brzozowska; 1883–1949), Lithuanian teacher and principal, women's rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranas Mašiotas
Pranas Mašiotas (1863–1940) was a Lithuanian activist and educator best known as children's writer and translator. Born in Suvalkija to a family of Lithuanian farmers, Mašiotas attended Marijampolė Gymnasium and studied mathematics at Moscow University. As a Catholic, he could not obtain employment in Lithuania and took temporary clerical jobs in Łomża and Riga before becoming math teacher at the Riga Gymnasium in 1891. He held this job until World War I forced him to evacuate to Voronezh where he became director of the Lithuanian girls' and boys' gymnasiums. He returned to Lithuania in 1918 and started working on organizing the education system in the newly independent country. He was vice-minister at the Ministry of Education from 1919 to 1923. He then became director of the . He retired in 1929 and focused on literary work. He died on 14 September 1940. Mašiotas was very active in Lithuanian cultural life. He joined and organized various Lithuanian societies, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ona Mašiotienė
Ona Mašiotienė ''née'' Brazauskaitė (; 9 September 1883 – 29 December 1949) was a Lithuanian teacher and principal, women's rights activist and writer. She helped found the Lithuanian Women's Association, the first women's rights organization in the country, and lectured on the need for equality of men and women. Pressing for both women's rights and Lithuania's independence, she served as a member of different societies and a delegate to several political conferences and assemblies. As a teacher, she organized the first Lithuanian-language girls' gymnasium in Vilnius and was the principal of a secondary school in Kaunas for over a decade. In 1921, she was elected to serve on the Utena regional council for two terms. She was one of the co-founders and the first president of the umbrella Lithuanian Women's Council. Recognized by the independent Lithuanian government with national awards, she was dismissed from her teaching post after the Soviets reestablished authority over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz
Mateusz is a Polish given name, equivalent to Hebrew names Matityahu and Matthew, meaning "gift of Yahweh". List Notable people with the name include: B–H * Mateusz Bąk (born 1983), Polish football goalkeeper *Mateusz Banasiuk (born 1985), Polish actor * Mateusz Bartczak (born 1979), Polish footballer *Mateusz Bartel (born 1985), Polish chess player *Mateusz Bieniek (born 1994), Polish volleyball player *Mateusz Biskup (born 1994), Polish rower * Mateusz Borkowski (born 1997), Polish middle-distance runner * Mateusz Broź (born 1988), Polish football midfielder * Mateusz Cetnarski (born 1988), Polish football midfielder *Mateusz Chruściński (born 1987), Polish figure skater * Mateusz Cichocki (born 1992), Polish footballer * Mateusz Cieluch (born 1987), Polish footballer *Mateusz Czunkiewicz (born 1996), Polish volleyball player *Mateusz Damięcki (born 1981), Polish actor *Mateusz Demczyszak (born 1986), Polish middle-distance runner * Mateusz Didenkow (born 1987), Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |