Gheorghe Șincai
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Gheorghe Șincai (Romanian pronunciation:
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Biography
He was born in Mezősámsond (now
He turned out to be a
Șincai assiduously worked to educate commoners, dedicating himself to a career in teaching, and contributing to the establishment of an impressive number of Greek-Catholic parochial schools (in all, over 300). In 1784 he was named general director of Romanian Uniate schools in all of Transylvania.
He translated and expanded the following basic textbooks for educational purposes: Abecedarul (The Book of ABCs), Gramatica (Grammar), Aritmetica (Arithmetic), and Catehismul (The Catechism), adapting or creating the terminology necessary for pupils to understand these. He proved himself to be a remarkable translator, rendering the Bible into Romanian (in 1789, under the name of The Blaj Bible).
In 1794 Șincai came into direct conflict with Bishop Ioan Bob; he was thrown into the harsh Aiud Prison,[3][4] being followed and persecuted by the Habsburg authorities after his release in 1796.
In 1811 Șincai published a work of history, written in the form of annals and amply titled: Hronica românilor și a mai multor neamuri în cât au fost ele amestecate cu românii, cât lucrurile, întâmplările și faptele unora față de ale altora nu se pot scrie pre înțeles, din mai multe mii de autori, în cursul a treizeci și patru de ani culese (The chronicle of the Romanians and of other peoples insofar as they were mixed with the Romanians, as the things, events and facts of the one regarding the other cannot be written as if everyone understands them, from several thousand authors, gathered over the course of thirty-four years).
Șincai died at Szinye, near Kassa (today Košice in present-day Slovakia).[2]
There are two Romanian national colleges named after him: one in Bucharest and one in Baia Mare.
Bibliography
- Dionis Popa, Gheorghe Șincai, Blaj, 1944
References
- ^ Felecan, Nicolae (2020), "Considerații asupra primelor gramatici românești tipărite (I)" [Considerations on the First Books of Romanian Grammar (I)], Limba Română (in Romanian), vol. XXX, no. 4–5, retrieved January 25, 2024
- ^ a b Vilcovschi, Andreea (December 20, 2016). "Legenda morții lui Gheorghe Șincai. Cum a fost demontată teoria despre locul în care și-a găsit sfârșitul marele cărturar". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ a b "Gheorghe Șincai". cultura.inmures.ro. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Moraru, Cornel (2004), "Procesele lui Gheorghe Șincai (în documente publicate în revista Vatra)", Libraria. Studii și cercetări de bibliologie (in Romanian), 3 (3): 120–127