Juraj Fándly


Juraj Fándly was a Slovak writer, Catholic priest and entomologist in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Life

He was born in Častá, Kingdom of Hungary into a craftsman-farmer's family. His father died soon after his birth, and mother moved to the neighbouring village of Doľany, where he also visited elementary school. He later studied at a Piarist gymnasium in Svätý Jur, later studied theology in Buda and Trnava. Due to his weak health he wasn't accepted into any religious order. In 1776 he was ordained and started working as a chaplain in Sereď , for a short time in Lukáčovce , finally working as a priest in Naháč in the present-day Trnava District, from 1780 to 1807. In the meantime he also worked as a secretary in the Slovenské učené tovarišstvo . Later, he retired to his home back in Doľany, where he lived until his death in 1811, and composed poetry.

Works