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Kristijonas Donelaitis

Died in 1780

Kristijonas Donelaitis was born on 1 January 1714 near Gumbinnen, in East Prussia, into a family of free peasants. He studied theology and ancient languages in Königsberg, where he also attended the Lithuanian-language seminar, then was cantor and rector of the school of Stalupėnai. Lutheran pastor of the village of Tolminkiemis from 1743 until his death, he made clavichords, pianos and measuring instruments himself there, and also wrote six fables. Nothing was published in his lifetime; he died on 18 February 1780, aged sixty-six.

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